Chapter 8
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Chapter 8: I Am Bai Lian!
This world was originally pure white.
Then, this world was like it was coated with ink, emanating a chilling and ominous atmosphere everywhere.
Now, finally, all of this has undergone a transformation.
A dim white light appeared in the center of the darkness.
That light became brighter and brighter.
In the end, when the light reached a certain threshold, a storm burst forth like a supernova, sweeping through the entire Void Domain.
As if recreating the universe from chaos.
The vast, sweeping wind blowing for tens of thousands of miles, the surging of spirit Qi causing shockwaves in all directions!
Except for Bai Lian, everyone present was motionless.
The stars, the moon, the water, and the land that slowly emerged on the water… Everything seemed so real.
Is this a small world, or an illusion?
Demon Emperor still hasn’t figured out the situation completely.
Simply because this accident came too suddenly.
As it woke up from its dazed state, a hint of cold light had already appeared before its eyes, only one meter away from its brow.
It had already felt a force that was indescribably powerful and fierce tearing at its scalp!
"Wait!"
Time suddenly seemed to stop flowing.
The Demon Emperor began pondering the problem.
This is unreasonable!
In the previous moment, Bai Lian had lost all her qi and was on the verge of collapse.
Even though her two Martial Sisters came out to intervene, in its view, it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. (Translator: This sentence is a metaphor that means their intervention was futile and ineffective.)
But it was precisely this momentary delay that caused the entire situation to change.
The Demon Emperor roared in its mind, "I must dodge this shot!"
However, its mind was quick to catch up, while its limbs struggled to respond promptly.
When time started flowing again, it could only watch helplessly as the barrel of the lance came closer and closer to its head.
Reflected in its eyes was not the image of the lance, but a rising, unexplainable fear!
The situation has completely slipped out of its control.
No, no, no, this should not be so!
It is the existence that controls everything. If it hadn’t been sealed away, the entire East Divine Land would have become its breeding grounds long ago!
Bai Lian, Qing Luan, and Yu Ying are all just playthings that can be slaughtered at any time in this breeding ground.
The Demon Emperor could no longer remain calm. Its visage was frightening, and its already ugly countenance was now even more hair-raising.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, and bow down to this deity!"
It struggled with all its might to barely raise its right hand.
As if sinking into a quagmire where every step was difficult, as it finally condensed a bit of black light, the seal on the Heavenly Lord’s Lance was rapidly crumbling. With the supreme handprint of the ultimate path, it heavily stabbed into the Demon Emperor’s forehead.
"!"
At this moment, all was silent.
All the light in the Void Domain seemed to have found a pouring outlet, gushing into the wound on the Demon Emperor’s forehead.
Yu Ying and Qing Luan were silenced, unable to utter a single word.
Is this the true strength of Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian?
They only thought that they saw the Snow Emperor suppressing all the unloyal people in the world.
Plop –
Yu Ying and Qing Luan’s legs softened and fell breathlessly on the newly formed land underneath them.
The pressure that emerged from the void was indiscriminate towards enemies and allies. Although they had been gritting their teeth and persisting, their physical strength was eventually depleted.
It was precisely due to these two successive falls that the existing balance was shattered.
Hmm!
The resounding sound spread out in all directions like water waves, completely shattering the Demon Emperor’s sea of divine sense with one move of the Heavenly Lord’s Lance.
"Ah, ah, ah, ah…"
The piercing screams of agony echoed through the air.
The vast ocean undulated, and the stars began to fall.
However, such measures didn’t stop Bai Lian’s footsteps.
She had little time left, and she had to kill Demon Emperor within this limited time, depriving him of any chance of resurrection!
"The sky has no limits!"
Without any fancy moves, she infused all of the way of the Great Tao within herself into Demon Emperor’s body without reservation.
Boom!
In the next moment, Demon Emperor’s body shattered.
Bai Lian breathed slightly, knowing that the matter was not yet over.
As expected, within a few moments, Demon Emperor’s body reappeared in the chains. Compared to before, he looked much weaker.
Bai Lian couldn’t help but laugh, "There has never really been any true immortality. You haven’t died because I haven’t killed you enough times. You come back once, I kill you once. You come back ten thousand times, I’ll kill you ten thousand times!"
She advanced, raising the lance once again.
Myriads of light ribbons danced around the tip of the lance, concealing a deep-seated intention to kill at the bottom of her soul behind this dreamlike and gorgeous scenery.
The Demon Emperor was raging with anger, "Ant, dare you slay the supreme god? You have no chance of survival!"
An immense and majestic aura burst out from his body.
As the winds shifted, the land beneath Yu Ying and Qing Luan’s buttocks shattered into countless pieces, causing both of them to fall into the water. In the end, Qing Luan spread her wings and Yu Ying clung to her waist, saving them from sinking into the nameless water.
Naturally, this show of strength implied invincibility, but for Bai Lian at the moment, it was nothing more than an ugly joke.
"You dare to call yourself the supreme god?"
The lance quivered.
The Way of Collapse and Destruction, intertwined with the Way of New Life, unleashes a terrifying power that could annihilate the entire East Divine Land.
In the blink of an eye, the swollen body of the Demon Emperor was pierced by millions of bloody holes and then rapidly melted away, as if it had been thrown into a gigantic furnace.
The wretched appearance was all too evident.
However, this was still not enough to completely kill the Demon Emperor.
It returned from the brink of death, with its twisted face, stirring endless dark clouds, roaring and trying to counterattack.
"The borrowed power is only temporary, only the true name can endure! Millennia of decay cannot kill my will, let alone a nameless one like you!"
Ha!
Bai Lian held the Heavenly Lord’s Lance high above her head, her feet together, forming a breathtakingly straight line with the long lance.
The icy white light revolved around her body like a whirlwind, intensifying the chill in her words.
"Even those human supremes who possess eight Ways of the Great Tao may one day fall, let alone someone like you, a worthless piece of trash? I won’t waste any more words with you today. If I can’t kill you, I’ll kill myself on the spot!"
"…"
The Demon Emperor’s body froze in place.
Very good, excellent, superb!
It wanted to give a hearty laugh and mock Bai Lian, but when the words were about to escape its throat, a terrifying chill suddenly rushed into its heart, leaving it unable to utter a sound, only trembling non-stop.
In fact, Yu Ying and Qing Luan, who were floating on the water at this time, were the most panic-stricken.
"Elder Martial Sister, please don’t talk nonsense!"
"Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian, you can’t say such things at will!"
However, having exhausted their energy, they could only shout a few irrelevant words.
They struggled hard but couldn’t escape, only causing themselves to breathe more heavily. In the end, they could only stare at Bai Lian with their watery eyes.
Are you making a commitment?
No.
Bai Lian was no longer afraid.
Her body shattered and her soul ignited, she was already standing at the brink of the ghost gate. What was there to hesitate about?
She and the Heavenly Lord’s Lance both transformed into dragons and lit up Demon Emperor’s body countless times in a single breath.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"
Demon Emperor was now resorting to its old tricks.
After being killed multiple times, it found that it was becoming increasingly insubstantial. If it continued like this, it might never see the light of day again.
But soon, Demon Emperor discovered that its treasures were useless.
An immortal tool?
As soon as the immortal tool was unleashed, it was pierced by the Heavenly Lord’s Lance and the resulting blast caused it great harm.
Medicinal pills for healing?
Often times, even before the Medicinal Pills could be consumed, they would be crushed by Bai Lian. Even if they were somehow consumed, their restorative effects fell far short of the destruction caused by Bai Lian.
Glyphs?
The first glyph successfully delayed Bai Lian’s attack, but the second glyph was forcefully pressed onto its face by Bai Lian, causing it to shatter.
"True name everlasting, allow me to witness your true name!"
Bai Lian lifted her foot, and with her long stiletto heel, she plunged it directly into the resurrected Demon Emperor’s skull.
"Scoundrel…"
The Demon Emperor struggled with all its might, but before it could finish its sentence, a beam of white light shot into its throat.
"Didn’t you say you wanted to show me your true appearance? Come on!"
Bai Lian sneered and waved her left hand, and the ice block like a knife of ice penetrated the face of the Demon Emperor.
This action seemed to completely anger the Demon Emperor, and its body was even ignited with blood-red flames.
"Roar ~"
The dragon-like roar shook the void.
The body of the Demon Emperor twisted into a huge fierce beast and roared towards Bai Lian.
However, as it rushed halfway, a long lance fell from the sky and suppressed it.
"Break, break open!"
The Demon Emperor crazily howled, its blood-red flames burning even more brightly.
"No matter how you struggle, death is inevitable!"
Bai Lian smiled with full murderous intent as she lifted her right foot and struck down heavily.
It was a strike that could shatter the starry sky. The moment when her heel made contact with the Demon Emperor’s head, a violent explosion swept across the four corners of the world and the sky and earth lost their colors.
After a long time, the Demon Emperor appeared once again.
However, unlike before, its body shrank a hundred times, its face no longer twisted, but instead filled with panic.
It remembered that the sentence Bai Lian just said was the same as the one it had said to Bai Lian before.
Demon Emperor was scared after being beaten.
It theoretically has an immortal body, but will it really not die?
It is regretful now.
Why provoke Bai Lian?
Why not control the person Bai Lian cares about first before targeting Bai Lian?
Why didn’t it just take action directly instead of talking so much nonsense with Bai Lian?
Demon Emperor just wants to run away, it cannot stay in this place for a moment longer!
"Trying to escape?" Bai Lian blocked the Demon Emperor, casually waving the gun in her hand as she approached it. "I think you may have forgotten what you said. You’re trapped here and can’t escape!"
"…"
There was a crisp sound.
The hand lifted by Demon Emperor hung weakly.
It had actually forgotten about this!
Unable to defeat through fighting, unable to escape through running, it was now exactly like Bai Lian not long ago.
The situation had already reversed, yet Bai Lian didn’t give it a chance to catch its breath.
"Haha, hahaha…"
Demon Emperor burst into laughter.
It stood there blankly, letting the lance stab into its body.
One shot.
Two shots.
Countless shots.
It went through a constant cycle of death and rebirth, an experience rare in this world that didn’t bring it any understanding of the true meaning of reincarnation.
It only felt that the bright world was all dim, its consciousness becoming increasingly blurred, gradually forgetting the pain, forgetting its past glory.
After millions of years of darkness and blood feud, it was to be settled today in Bai Lian’s hands.
At that moment when the Heavenly Lord’s Lance once again stabbed the Demon Emperor’s chest, it didn’t immediately dissipate; it stretched out its claws and grabbed Bai Lian’s right wrist.
Bai Lian trembled slightly and shattered the Demon Emperor’s hand.
However, at this moment, an odd maniacal laughter appeared on Demon Emperor’s face.
"How could you…I understand now, I completely understand!"
Bai Lian’s hand holding the lance paused for a moment.
The Demon Emperor burst into laughter, saying, "No wonder I lost, no wonder I came to this end! However, today, even though I die, I consider it a fulfillment of my long-cherished wish, haha…"
Finally, Bai Lian silently inserted the Heavenly Lord’s Lance.
Soft white light flowed out of the wound like running water in all directions, in an instant, the Demon Emperor’s body shattered into countless pieces, like broken glass beads, with a strange beauty.
The glittering and translucent fragments danced with the wind in the sky.
The dark clouds dispersed.
The raging waves subsided.
The dreadful pressure finally dissipated.
Under the calm starry night, Bai Lian floated quietly in mid-air, waiting for the Demon Emperor to reappear.
But she waited for ten and a hundred breaths without any sign of him.
She then pulled Yu Ying and Qing Luan out of the water and helped them dry their wet clothes that clung to their bodies.
"Elder Martial Sister…"
"Hush."
Bai Lian remained motionless, gazing straight ahead.
There was a momentary silence.
The three individuals stood like sculptures for a whole hour.
"It appears it truly is dead."
Bai Lian looked at the Heavenly Lord’s Lance in her hand, glittering and glowing, and remained speechless for a long time. Even if she burned her soul, she wouldn’t have been able to kill the Demon Emperor if her master’s sealed lance wasn’t unsealed.
"Elder Martial Sister?"
At that moment, a timid voice sounded behind Bai Lian.
Bai Lian snapped back to reality. Yes, the Demon Emperor was dead, but now was not the time to mourn. It was time to celebrate!
The flame of her soul extinguished as she reinserted the Heavenly Lord’s Lance back into the storage pendant on her chest.
"Are you both alright?"
Bai Lian turned around with a smile and reached her hand up to pat Yu Ying and Qing Luan’s heads, relieved to see that their injuries were not too severe.
Immediately after, she frowned and admonished loudly, "Didn’t I tell you not to follow me before I left? Taking unauthorized actions, are you planning to no longer consider me as your Elder Martial Sister?!"
Yu Ying lowered her head in shame.
Qing Luan, who had just folded her wings, walked up while enduring the breath emanating from Bai Lian.
Touching her hands, belly, and below her waist.
"Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian, are you severely injured?" Qing Luan’s face was full of worry.
Bai Lian grabbed Qing Luan’s ear, causing her to retract her hand.
"Do I look like I’m injured?"
Bai Lian unkindly released Qing Luan’s ear, and deliberately punched twice in front of the Martial Sisters.
See, not a single wound!
Not only was there no injury, but her energy was now more vigorous than ever, just like she had taken a bottle of tonic pills.
"Enough with that, Demon Emperor is dead, and the threat brought by the Demons of the Outer Realm has been completely eliminated for the time being. Those wandering Demons of the Outer Realm cannot cause any trouble. Let’s leave from here and then pass on the message to our master and sect leader." Bai Lian pushed Yu Ying and Qing Luan from behind.
The two wanted to say something, but under Bai Lian’s actions, they could only leave the Void Domain first before speaking.
When she was about to leave the Void Domain, Bai Lian turned her head back for a glance.
The beautiful mountains and rivers, this is the picturesque life she yearned for.
Just…
Unfortunately.
"Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian?"
Qing Luan approached Bai Lian at some point without her knowing it.
Bai Lian smiled again and said, "Let’s go, let’s go."
As she left the Void Domain, the gate floating in the sky also disintegrated, and everything returned to calmness.
Bathed in the brilliant sunshine outside, Bai Lian relaxed in body and mind.
It seemed as though many epochs had passed.
Just as she escaped from the tension and excitement from earlier, she suddenly felt somewhat uncomfortable.
Smack!
Bai Lian slapped her cheek.
Alright, now is not the time to reminisce about these things. She doesn’t have much time left, she has to hurry and say goodbye to everyone with a smile!
Sad?
It is not advisable to show sadness on one’s face; a smile can bring a genuine one.
Yu Ying asked, "Elder Martial Sister, are we going back to the Duxian Sect now?"
Bai Lian shook her head, "No, let’s go check on Miss Si first to prevent her from continuing to worry."
"Sister Si."
Yu Ying shut her mouth.
To be honest, she was somewhat afraid of Si Yunshang. That woman was too conniving and shameless. Under the attack of Si Yunshang and Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian, she almost fainted.
But since Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian had said so, she couldn’t oppose her.
"Then let’s go see her first."
This time, Bai Lian didn’t summon the Cloud Chasing Boat as she felt it was too slow.
On the way to the deserted island, Qing Luan kept intentionally or unintentionally sticking to Bai Lian, which made Yu Ying burn with rage.
Damn it.
Don’t think that just because we hugged face-to-face that you can act recklessly!
She challenged Qing Luan in front of Bai Lian, and soon both of their hands were pinched red.
Bai Lian didn’t intervene, as she had been silently overlooking the ice and snow of North Luzhou.
She had not been to most of this place, but she felt incredibly familiar.
After a long time, Qing Luan’s voice woke her up, "Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian, what are you thinking?"
Bai Lian’s eyes narrowed, "You are all cute, including our master."
"No way."
Qing Luan turned her head with a shy look.
At this moment, they had already arrived at the solitary island successfully.
Si Yunshang sat alone on the reef, gazing at the sea.
When she saw Bai Lian, Yu Ying, and Qing Luan return safely, she immediately jumped up from the rock. However, her foot slipped and she accidentally fell into the sea.
"I…"
Si Yunshang nervously wrung the water out of her clothes with her hands. She looked up at the sky and then at Bai Lian.
"It is already mid-morning, and you are back late."
"We are immortal beings with long lives, one hour late is not considered late." Bai Lian replied with a smile.
"Yeah, that’s true. We still have a long time ahead of us. How did things go?" Si Yunshang calmed down her excitement.
Bai Lian said, "Demon Emperor is dead."
Si Yunshang took a step back, covering her mouth, panting a few times. "I knew it, I knew it, you are Bai Lian, and you can definitely kill him."
"Of course, I am Bai Lian!"
Si Yunshang chuckled.
Even the day Bai Lian accepted her didn’t she feel as joyful as this moment.
"You are guests from afar, let me cook for you."
She still led Bai Lian and others to her place.
Laughter and joy continued into the night, during which the Duxian sect also received news of Bai Lian killing the Demon Emperor, which quickly spread to the East Divine Land and the North Luzhou.
Like a festival, everywhere was celebrating, and the island was no exception.
By the stream.
Bai Lian sat quietly.
The cheers of celebration echoed in her ears.
It seemed like it was her first time being in such an environment, but she didn’t dislike it.
Only at this moment did she realize that she wasn’t as afraid as she thought she was.
How could she not fear death? If she didn’t fear death, she wouldn’t be Bai Lian!
But she couldn’t be afraid of death right now, at least she couldn’t let others see that she was afraid.
Fortunately, she had a talent for disguise far beyond that of an ordinary person. Looking at her reflection in the stream, she almost convinced even herself.
What nonsense.
This was all just groundless worries, it was just that it cost her a little more. She couldn’t die just like that, as she had always done before.
However, the weather was not on her side, and suddenly raindrops fell, shattering the beautiful face of the girl in the stream.
Bai Lian quickly grabbed the stool under her and ran back.
In the courtyard, she ran into Si Yunshang, who stopped her directly.
"I am really afraid."
Bai Lian asked, "Afraid of what?"
"Afraid of losing you suddenly, but fortunately, you are still here." Si Yunshang held Bai Lian’s hand, paused for a moment, "Are you going back to the Duxian Sect tomorrow?"
Bai Lian nodded, "Yes."
"Then…" Si Yunshang leaned towards Bai Lian’s ear, "I’m hungry, you have to feed me."
!!!
Bai Lian gave Si Yunshang a disdainful look.
Despite her words, she still entered the house with Si Yunshang, considering it as their final dinner.
