Chapter 10
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Chapter 10: Even if I Have to Kill a God, for An Lan’s Sake, I’ll Do It!
The red glow streaked through the air like an arrow that could traverse thousands of miles.
It was a thin film formed by the blood and qi of countless living beings.
The “thought” protected within the film embodied all of Jiang Jing’s hopes.
Upon discovering that Bai Lian was the legendary Immortal Heavenly Lord, Jiang Jing knew he was doomed.
He considered various means of escape.
But after contemplating the numerous halos surrounding the Immortal Heavenly Lord, he fell silent.
Run?
Impossible.
He now faced the Immortal Heavenly Lord!
Not every Heavenly Lord earned the title of Immortal Heavenly Lord.
Indeed——
To wear the crown is to bear its weight!
The Immortal title of the Immortal Heavenly Lord was earned through absolute power!
Since the Immortal Heavenly Lord’s first appearance in the Immortal World 10,000 years ago.
That petite “girl” continuously redefined everyone’s understanding of the word “genius” in the Immortal World.
She arrives.
She observes.
She creates change!
Merely because she witnessed the suffering of the East Pole Heaven’s people, this girl, who had just reached the Human Immortal level, formed the grand ambition to overthrow the East Emperor, determined to transform the East Pole Heaven.
“If the problem persists, then confront those who create it!”
She not only spoke these words but lived by them.
Within ten years, she attained the Earth Immortal level.
A century later, she had already become a God Immortal.
Five centuries later, she achieved the Celestial Immortal level!
Challenging stronger opponents came as naturally to her as breathing.
Facing the East Emperor’s siege and interception, even the Immortal Heavenly Lord of that era encountered setbacks.
Yet no amount of blood and fire could extinguish her spirit.
Wherever she fell, she rose again!
Two millennia passed.
On one golden afternoon, the girl wrapped in dazzling aura descended upon the East Emperor Tower.
Before millions of witnesses.
She single-handedly struck down dozens of Demigods from the East Emperor Tower.
Finally, with her battle-worn body, she severed the East Emperor’s head atop the tower, despite several Immortal Emperors’ threats.
Imperial blood painted the sky.
The East Pole Heaven’s firmament turned a brilliant scarlet.
Her fury seemed capable of consuming everything.
Though Jiang Jing never witnessed this scene personally.
Yet merely hearing eyewitness accounts allowed him to envision the Immortal Heavenly Lord’s might!
“I gaze upon the ages and am accustomed to life and death! Why should your thoughts concern me?”
“You’d deny me reincarnation? Hmph, reincarnation means nothing to me, for the truly powerful never believe in it!”
“If anyone believes the East Emperor’s death unjust, come forth and challenge me!”
Though her lance lay broken, the Immortal Heavenly Lord stood in the heavens, maintaining her terrifying, invincible presence.
The world fell silent in that moment.
For a long while.
The various Immortal Emperors yielded.
None dared defy the Immortal Heavenly Lord.
They watched her departure, and with it, a new legend arose in the Immortal World’s firmament!
Five millennia later.
While countless immortals still struggled in the Human Immortal realm, the Immortal Heavenly Lord had successfully merged eight great paths of the Great Tao.
[Commanding sun and moon, plucking stars from heaven, none in this world compare to me!]
Throughout the last ten recorded eras, the Immortal Heavenly Lord remained among the mightiest immortals!
How could he possibly defeat her?!
This thought immediately struck Jiang Jing upon recognizing Bai Lian’s “true identity”.
Initially, Jiang Jing felt utterly despondent.
Yet this despair failed to break him.
He understood something.
His life had been spared!
Without Bai Lian’s intervention, the nameless monster from the underworld path would have claimed his life.
Death was inevitable. How glorious would it be if a Heavenly Lord who once terrorized all the heavens perished alongside him?
The benefits extended beyond this.
If Xianyuan Emperor and Witch Queen could extract Bai Lian’s secret to rapidly enhance their power, they would soon dispatch the old lunatic Green Moon Sword Venerable.
That too would serve as revenge.
What could bring him greater joy?
Thus.
Jiang Jing’s laughter came from genuine delight, not the desperate madness of a dying man!
Continue.
He watched the red arrow’s flight with anticipation.
That arrow carried his heart.
That arrow would pierce through Bai Lian’s vulnerable heart.
Clatter——
The red arrow, trailing scorching flames, pierced through the palace’s opening.
Light cascaded down like rain.
In this moment.
The world grew still.
Bai Lian heard nothing, as if reality moved at a millionth of its normal speed.
She felt she could simply reach out and pluck the arrow from the air.
When she actually attempted this, she discovered in horror that her movements were slower than a crawling turtle.
This was the consequence of forcibly consuming two low-grade Immortal Spirit Stones!
Terror spread across Bai Lian’s face like an incoming tide, shattering her composure.
It’s finished.
She had hoped for an ordinary future.
But everything she held dear would now end.
Though her journey had barely begun, she hadn’t witnessed her Martial Sisters’ growth, nor ascended to the Immortal World to challenge her master’s mortal enemy.
[My pleasure stems from your suffering!]
Seeing Bai Lian’s dread-filled expression, Jiang Jing’s heart finally found peace.
“Ha ha!”
He laughed.
Victory.
He had won this game!
Once Yue Wuyang received her message, this world would be completely transformed.
One Heavenly Lord, One Immortal Emperor…
Jiang Jing yearned to proclaim “I rule this world!” to all!
Amidst his raucous laughter, the palace’s collapse accelerated.
Stone and metal fragments rained from above, while enormous fissures, wide enough for two people, split the ground, emanating an eerie green light.
Bai Lian raised her head.
She saw a massive boulder, over three meters wide, plummeting like a hammer toward her position on the suspended stone platform.
“Master, forgive me, I’ve brought you trouble.”
In this moment.
Bai Lian’s mind emptied.
She watched helplessly as the huge boulder descended.
Escape was impossible.
Yet there was no need for concern.
Though her body was damaged, she remained a Transcendency Stage cultivator. The spiritless stone might crush her completely, but it couldn’t truly end her life.
However…
This wasn’t the outcome Bai Lian desired.
She would prefer genuine death, which might spare her from numerous complications.
The massive stone, falling for several seconds, finally struck Bai Lian’s head.
It accomplished what countless others had wished but failed to achieve.
Bai Lian’s extraordinary resilience revealed itself.
The impact merely caused her to stumble, her cheek grazing the ground.
Boom!
Following a thunderous crash.
The stone shattered into countless pieces, yet her forehead remained unblemished, barely dusted with stone particles.
“Alas.”
Bai Lian sighed deeply.
She couldn’t bear to watch the red arrow’s approach.
Slowly, she turned her head leftward and down.
Suddenly, a pale blue flame entered her vision, like lightning in clear skies.
“!”
That’s…
Bai Lian startled.
She hadn’t noticed anyone behind her before this moment.
She pressed her hand against her throbbing right eye socket.
Straining to see clearly.
Finally.
She understood.
“Yougui!”
Bai Lian’s pupils dilated.
Before departing Qianxue’s house, she distinctly remembered Yougui near death. She had lit the room’s stove to provide him warmth in his final moments.
How had he managed to drag his broken body here?
Bai Lian couldn’t comprehend it.
Even more incomprehensible was Yougui’s flight toward the red arrow.
“!”
This development came too swiftly.
Bai Lian’s thoughts ceased.
She could only watch, wide-eyed, terrified of missing any detail.
Now.
The laughing Jiang Jing also noticed the anomaly.
Yougui.
How could this be? How could this mortally wounded man appear here?
He froze as if someone had thrust a rod down his throat, rendered speechless.
Damn damn damn…
Though the red arrow flew incredibly fast, Yougui, burning his very soul, matched its speed.
A burning flame.
A cold frost.
At this moment.
The two forces converged.
Boom!
A silent explosion sent ripples through the palace’s vaulted ceiling.
The tremors intensified.
Bai Lian, Jiang Jing, and the female cultivator held their breath.
The outcome… What would it be?
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
After 20 seconds,
The turbulent air finally settled.
Through the falling stones, Bai Lian first glimpsed a blue flame, then the red arrow.
“It…”
Bai Lian tilted her head back slightly.
She saw Yougui gripping the red arrow tightly in his right fist.
Click.
Instantly, the arrow carrying Jiang Jing’s hopes and Bai Lian’s nightmares shattered into countless red lights!
“Ha…”
Bai Lian panted heavily.
She quickly pressed her hand against her right chest, seeking momentary stability, preventing herself from fainting due to overwhelming emotions.
Then.
Immense relief flooded through her like a tide.
Stopped.
It truly stopped!
The clouds parted, revealing sunshine!
Supported by some mysterious force, Bai Lian miraculously stood again.
She turned to look at Yougui.
In that moment, time seemed to transport back ten thousand years.
The wind rose.
Snow fell.
The eternal winds of North Luzhou sang their ancient song.
“Was his entire existence meant for this single moment?”
The female cultivator could see nothing but Yougui’s divine-like “descent”.
Only today did she truly understand the heights of human potential.
Only today did she understand why humans could challenge destiny.
What is a miracle?
This is the miracle created by mankind!
Opposite to Bai Lian stood Jiang Jing, who had been standing there. He stumbled and fell with a thud onto the ground.
“How can this be?”
Jiang Jing cried out in disbelief.
He had won!
He clearly could proudly proclaim that he had slain a Heavenly Lord!
Why did things suddenly turn out this way?
Where is the judge?!
Did you make a mistake?
Jiang Jing looked deranged.
If he had taken more time to pursue Yougui at the start, if he had been slightly more ruthless and simply massacred the entire Hades Hall, if…
But there are no such ifs.
It’s all finished.
It would take at least a moment for him to summon a new red arrow in this state.
In that time, Yougui, who was burning his soul, could kill himself hundreds of times over.
“It shouldn’t be like this, it shouldn’t be like this!”
Jiang Jing’s right hand suddenly swelled up.
He attempted to rouse the Poorchi’s Blood within his body and strike down Bai Lian with one blow.
But before his hands had transformed halfway, his face had suddenly turned a strange dark red.
Hmm.
“Poof –”
A spray of fresh blood shot out like an arrow.
Jiang Jing collapsed to the ground helplessly.
It was all the fault of that monster who emerged from the underworld; when it invaded his body, the beast’s blood inside him was thrown into complete chaos.
He could only watch helplessly as Yougui fell near Bai Lian.
Wait until they finish talking, then it would be his turn to walk the path of death.
Pain.
Such pain.
Jiang Jing tried to transform into a beast repeatedly but failed time after time.
Only moments passed, and his body was covered in fresh blood, which trickled down the entrance to the netherworld.
Hatred, Rage, Resentment…
Various emotions intertwined together, surprisingly producing a slight resonance with the dark and dismal path of the underworld.
But Bai Lian paid no attention at this time.
She smiled at Yougui.
Yougui had saved the master.
He had also made up for the mistake she had made by accident.
This generosity, until the seas dry up and the earth splits apart, she would never forget.
Yougui, my superhero!
“Thank you…”
Bai Lian calmed her excitement and was about to thank Yougui when she saw him extending his hand toward her, surrounded by a blue flame.
“?”
Before her eyes appeared a purple-black knife.
From that knife, Bai Lian sensed a heavy deathly presence, as well as an air of familiarity.
That’s…
By the way.
This scent has over 90% similarity to Martial Sister Tong Yao’s scent!
She unconsciously gripped the knife.
Then she saw the words etched upon the blade.
[Dirty Knife]
A knife… A deathly knife…A knife that could slay a god.
The flames surrounding Yougui suddenly intensified.
He had done it!!!
In an endless snowfield where eyes could not see.
Yougui wore a cheerful smile on his face.
After a long pursuit, he had finally caught up with the invisible friend the girl had spoken of.
Although he could not make out her features.
But he knew he hadn’t made a mistake.
Just this much, he had come one step closer to the young girl, right?
That’s good.
In the flurry of snow, Yougui handed the knife to that invisible friend.
He began to voice his grievances.
Including but not limited to accusing her of abandoning the young girl.
In the end, Yougui shook his head with a bitter smile and tilted his head back.
“I understand, this is merely jealousy.”
“I am so envious of your relationship with her and the fact that you were there for her in the toughest days of her life, that she was willing to die for you, that I almost lost myself in jealousy.”
“I also understand that she never truly liked me in the first place, because her heart had already belonged to someone else.”
“She just treated me like her foolish little brother, so I tried to treat her like the best sister in the world.”
“If you meet her again, please help me pass this knife to her.”
“You mean me?”
“I have walked too long and I can no longer continue.”
“No, don’t misunderstand, it’s not because I burned my soul. I’m already over ten thousand years old. Even if I hadn’t burned my soul, my lifespan would be about to end. I have already been making plans for retirement.”
“Am I tired?”
“I’m exhausted, never been this weary before. If you had walked slower, I could have been far less stressed.”
“So, all I want to do now is to have a rest.”
“How long do I plan on sleeping?”
“I haven’t decided yet, if possible, I would prefer it to last forever. It’s only sleeping, there’s no need to worry.”
“Do you ask if I want to return to that day?”
“Do you mean the day that I was nearly freezing to death and then met her?”
“Of course I want to!”
“But…”
It’s too late to go back now.
“I want to thank her.”
“She gave me a surplus of life, to be alive, although it is somewhat tiring, it is still better than not having experienced anything before dying.”
“My life has been rich and colorful enough, it should conclude here.”
“Finally, what I want to say is–”
“I don’t regret it, even if I had to make the same choice again.”
“…”
The blue flame consumed Yougui in the snowland and he wore a smile on his face.
“Take care of my sister!”
The flame flickered.
The firelight illuminated all directions.
When Bai Lian looked up, she could no longer see Yougui who had handed her the knife.
She only saw countless blue stars, like fireflies slowly ascending, as if dancing above the mountains.
They flew.
They flew upward.
They eventually merged into a brilliant Milky Way.
They sang.
[What is love in the world? Even life and death can be mutually accepted!]
Wait!
Bai Lian raised her right hand.
She finally grasped nothing.
Just a moment ago, she seemed to hear someone speaking to her in the darkness, and she could barely sense their feelings.
Before she could process it, everything had completely vanished.
Bai Lian felt hollow inside.
She didn’t understand.
She truly had too many unanswered questions on this journey to North Luzhou.
She increasingly realized something was wrong with her, but she couldn’t find any useful clues.
This feeling made her feel as if she was suspended in midair, ready to plunge into an abyss and be impaled by a hail of swords at any moment.
Suddenly.
Laughter echoed from behind her.
“The sky won’t cut me off!”
Bai Lian knew it was Jiang Jing’s voice.
Yougui had disappeared, so no one could pose a threat to him.
That female cultivator couldn’t present a threat either.
The collapse of the palace had triggered several large magic arrays, and under the interception of the dismal green light, the female cultivator couldn’t approach the altar at all. She could only watch with wide eyes as one reversal followed another.
Bai Lian understood that.
Jiang Jing was also aware of this.
So he rose. The crisis was resolved, and his resonance with the sentiments of the path to the underworld had blessed him.
He would be able to spread the news that Bai Lian was the Immortal Heavenly Lord again within a half quarter of an hour.
Jiang Jing looked at Bai Lian with a fierce expression, “You should have died hundreds of years ago when you were defeated by Red Dust Heavenly Lord. Now you have survived for a few hundred years, you should be content with that!”
“…”
Bai Lian was breathing heavily.
There was no time.
She had to kill Jiang Jing before he recovered, otherwise, the only thing awaiting both her master and her would truly be death.
She had already been in despair.
The appearance of Yougui had rekindled hope in her heart again.
This was not because she hoped that Yougui could slay Jiang Jing, but because she felt power emanating from Yougui.
For the persistence in his heart, Yougui could travel hundreds of miles to reach the valley.
Was her conviction not enough to support her across a few dozen yards?
No. She could, she could!
The flame spread from Yougui to Bai Lian’s heart.
“I will kill you, I will definitely kill you!”
She gritted her teeth.
She struggled to move forward one step, then collapsed to the ground, barely able to support herself with her arms.
At this point, she had completely lost her composure from days past.
She had many bloody marks on her face, her clothes were covered with dust, and her hands and feet were covered with delicate wounds.
Even if the disciples from the Duxian sect saw her now, they would find it difficult to connect her with that proud Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian.
It doesn’t matter what the image is anymore.
Without her master, all her pride would be merely for show!
“What, you want to kill me? Haha, can you even move now? Even if you could walk up to me, could you defeat me in this state?”
Jiang Jing laughed heartily as he observed Bai Lian.
At Bai Lian’s current crawling pace, it would likely take half an hour before she reached him.
He could have killed Bai Lian with one kick earlier.
He wouldn’t even have to wait for Yue Wuyang to arrive.
Bai Lian remained silent.
She just stared at Jiang Jing with a fierce gaze.
The only phrase remaining in her mind was-
Kill him!
Never mind him; she would kill anyone, even Xianyuan Emperor, even the Witch Queen, even Red Dust Heavenly Lord, all for her Master.
She wanted to use the most cruel methods in this world to melt their souls and cast them into an endless hell of torment.
In short.
Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!
Once.
Twice.
Bai Lian moved forward alternately with her elbows and knees.
She crawled slowly, but she was definitely getting closer to Jiang Jing.
The female cultivator watching from a distance couldn’t find words to describe her feelings.
She just parted her lips slightly.
“Is this her aspect as a Natural Saint?”
She thought Bai Lian was truly dazzling.
More brilliant than the rumors, more radiant than when she had beaten Jiang Jing, more magnificent than anyone she had ever witnessed before.
She wanted to leap in and slay Jiang Jing for Bai Lian so that Bai Lian wouldn’t have to suffer from having to move her body anymore.
But she couldn’t.
The magic array in this palace was too mysterious; she touched it and was repelled.
“What should I do?”
The female cultivator was at a loss.
She wanted Bai Lian to stop and not torture herself anymore, but she also understood that doing so would only make Bai Lian’s heart ache even more.
“I’m truly a useless person, ever since I was born, I’ve simply followed the crowd!”
The female cultivator sat dejectedly on the ground.
Time passed breath by breath.
Jiang Jing stood up.
He began to coalesce new red arrows.
He twisted his head and looked at Bai Lian with a mocking gaze, who was now only about fifteen meters from him
“It’s over!”
His lips moved slightly.
Bai Lian raised her head.
She closed her left eye, leaving only her silver right eye open.
And at this moment.
Her right eye suddenly blazed.
It shone so brightly that Jiang Jing instinctively covered his eyes with his hands.
When he lowered his hand, he suddenly realized someone was standing before him.
There stood Bai Lian with Dirty Knife in her grasp!
“How is that possible!?”
Jiang Jing’s eyes widened.
He saw one Bai Lian in front of him and another Bai Lian lying on the ground over there.
Bai Lian curled her lips into a cold, menacing smile.
That distance was to trigger the True Secret of 500 Million Dharma Bodies!
She said, “I told you, I’m going to kill you!”
The coldness engulfed Jiang Jing’s soul in an instant.
