Chapter 523

Chapter 523: The Second Personality, The Heavenly Emperor Shattered

Mu Fanyin and Li Ruoyu flew out of Canglan City, heading westward.

The Taihuang Immortal Domain lay in the west—a desolate and remote region separated from the Canglan Immortal Domain by dozens of immortal domains. Even with their speed, it would take at least two months to reach it.

The agreement between Ye Xu and Mu Fanyin was for half a year.

Just the journey alone would consume four months.

"Sister, where are you rushing off to in such a hurry?"

Suddenly, a rich, magnetic voice came from above Mu Fanyin. A young man holding a feathered fan and wearing a silk scarf descended from the sky.

He possessed a handsome countenance bearing a fifty percent resemblance to Mu Fanyin. His eyes were profound, all sharpness concealed within, clearly revealing him as a Dao Sovereign-level expert.

"And this is the one who brought down the Mu Family?"

Another voice sounded.

A young man clad in black robes had a piercing gaze that showed its edge, like a peerless divine sword. His aura locked onto both Mu Fanyin and Li Ruoyu.

"Sovereign of the World?" The young man frowned.

"Daoist brother Zhan Tian, after my sister fell to the lower realm and endured countless hardships to finally return to the Hongmeng Dao Realm, her cultivation is naturally not particularly high," Mu Xuanji said, looking at Mu Fanyin with a trace of heat in his eyes. "Besides, she was never that strong to begin with. The powerful one was another person."

Dao Sovereign Zhan Tian seemed intrigued.

"Inviting you here this time, Daoist brother, is precisely to ensure absolute success and help me apprehend her," Mu Xuanji smiled.

Dao Sovereign Zhan Tian was the master of Zhan Tian Hall, a Four Tribulations Dao Sovereign possessing exceptionally formidable strength, comparable to Mu Xuanji himself.

"Who are you?"

Mu Fanyin stared intently at Mu Xuanji. Her memories held no information about him, yet he addressed her as "Sister", clearly indicating he knew her.

"Are you from the Mu Family?" Mu Fanyin asked.

"Daoist friend, these two mean trouble," Li Ruoyu transmitted his voice urgently.

Mu Xuanji and Dao Sovereign Zhan Tian possessed terrifying power. The moment they appeared, they locked down the surrounding space, clearly intending to trap Mu Fanyin like a turtle in a jar.

"Mu Fanyin might survive, but I certainly won’t," Li Ruoyu gritted his teeth, desperately racking his brain for a good plan.

However, despite straining every mental muscle, he couldn’t conceive of a way to escape.

His cultivation was too weak. Any cleverness was useless against the divine abilities of two Dao Sovereigns.

Before absolute power, everything else was futile.

"Sister, you’ve lost far too many of your memories," Mu Xuanji’s gaze grew even more heated. "Come home with me. I will help you recover them."

"Are you from the Mu Family?"

Mu Fanyin repeated, insisting.

"Naturally," Mu Xuanji declared proudly. "I am the head of the Mu Family in this generation. Your own brother."

"Then tell me," Mu Fanyin’s emotions instantly became agitated. She stared at Mu Xuanji with burning eyes, demanding, "Was it really me? Was I exactly who annihilated the Mu Family?"

Mu Xuanji’s heart skipped a beat.

How did she know?

"Could she have known the truth?" Mu Xuanji grew more afraid as he thought about it. "No, if she knew the truth, why would she bother asking me?"

"She doesn’t remember me; clearly, she has lost her memory. That way, everything will work out easily."

He gradually calmed down.

When Mu Fanyin ascended, he detected it through the Heavenly Insight Technique, so he traveled millions of miles to bring Mu Fanyin back to the Mu Family.

Once they returned to the Mu Family, Mu Fanyin wouldn’t pose a threat.

Mu Xuanji rolled his eyes and said, "Sister, you’ve been missing for many years. I’ve been relentlessly tracking your whereabouts, and Mother dearly misses you, chanting your name daily."

He spoke softly, tearful and pleading, his gaze utterly sincere.

"You’re lying to me."

Mu Fanyin’s eyes abruptly turned cold and sharp.

"In my memory, Mother has already died."

Her voice grew shrill; deep within her memories, a seal seemed to tear open, and streams of blurry images flooded her mind.

Mu Fanyin clutched her head.

Her head appeared to be splitting apart.

"Daoist brother, act immediately!"

Mu Xuanji’s pupils contracted violently; Mu Fanyin’s state reminded him of that incident from the past, a sign that another Mu Fanyin was about to descend.

That was a great demon.

Boom!

Dao Sovereign Zhan Tian grasped into empty space, and a Dao sword appeared in his hand. The killing aura dispersed the auspicious clouds, layer upon layer of Great Dao Worlds blossomed behind him, precisely eighty-one layers.

Even among Dao Sovereigns, he stood out.

Clang!

The Dao fruit of slaughter trembled, unleashing a terrifying killing aura from his body. The void collapsed, the earth sank, and the plains outside Canglan City shattered into pieces.

Dao Sovereign Zhan Tian swung his sword at Mu Fanyin.

"Heavenly Insight Umbrella!"

Mu Xuanji let out a long roar, and an umbrella flew out from his Purple Palace. Its frame had been forged from forty-nine types of materials, consisting of forty-nine segments, subtly aligned with the Heavenly Dao.

The Heavenly Insight Umbrella spun, blotting out the sky and sun, manifesting forty-nine layers of Heavenly Dao domains as it attempted to swallow Mu Fanyin.

Li Ruoyu’s face revealed despair.

Before such power, he was a mere ant, utterly powerless to resist.

"Master, won’t you intervene?" Yi Tianxing’s tone carried a trace of urgency.

He simply couldn’t bear to watch Li Ruoyu walk to his death.

After all, Li Ruoyu was his most valued student.

Unnecessary.

Ye Xu curled his lips.

Mu Fanyin was stimulated; her second personality was already awakening, seeing how Mu Xuanji and Dao Sovereign Zhan Tian panicked like this, her second personality must be absolutely terrifying.

Otherwise, Mu Xuanji would not have rashly attacked.

"This kid probably knew that Mu Fanyin could not withstand stimulation, so he always spoke kindly and dared not anger her," Ye Xu thought inwardly.

However, Mu Xuanji guessed wrong.

Mu Fanyin had not lost all her memories; she still remembered her mother.

But, apart from her mother, she did not remember any Mu Family members, not even Mu Xuanji.

"The head of the Mu Family probably played a disgraceful role in her memories; otherwise, Mu Fanyin would not have selectively sealed her own memories."

This could be seen from Mu Xuanji’s reaction.

"Mu Xuanji!"

Mu Fanyin’s memories bit by bit awakened; her expression turned ferocious, and a terrifying demonic shadow manifested behind her; it was like a peerless troll, overlooking heaven and earth, despising all gods.

As the demonic shadow manifested, the power of heaven and earth surged into Mu Fanyin’s body like a tide; her strength multiplied rapidly, enveloping heaven and earth, undergoing an astonishing transformation.

Li Ruoyu was utterly horrified.

No matter how hard he wracked his brains, he could not imagine that such a terrifying existence was hidden inside Mu Fanyin.

Clang!

The heavenly sword struck down; the demonic shadow pinched with two fingers and shattered the Four Tribulations Dao Sovereign’s divine art; accompanied by a cracking sound, the heavenly sword was crushed to pieces.

Dao Sovereign Zhan Tian’s pupils shrank to pinpoints.

That demonic shadow was not a physical entity, but formed from magic power; yet it easily crushed his Four Tribulations Dao Sovereign magical weapon; this was utterly insane.

"Brother Mu, I’ll go first!"

Dao Sovereign Zhan Tian had a thought and immediately felt the intention to retreat.

Boom!

The next second.

A huge fist enshrouded in surging demonic energy punched into the forty-nine layers of heavenly world; like shattering rotten wood, it blasted through Mu Xuanji’s Great Dao imprint and broke the spine.

Mu Xuanji spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backwards.

"Daoist brother, wait for me."

He dared not prolong the battle; hastily, he fled together with Dao Sovereign Zhan Tian.

In a flash.

The two transformed into two streaks of escape light and vanished from heaven and earth.

Yi Tianxing was dumbstruck.

Who could have thought that such a terrifying thing was hidden in Mu Fanyin’s physical body?

"This power was at least that of a Four Tribulations Dao Sovereign, and at the peak level," Ye Xu said with a shocked gaze.

You must know.

This being lurking within Mu Fanyin was definitely not at its peak.

Even so, it easily repelled two Four Tribulations Dao Sovereigns; thus at its peak, it must have reached the realm of a Heavenly Lord, or even a Great Celestial Lord!

"Her aura was completely fused with Mu Fanyin’s, meaning she was not parasitic on Mu Fanyin, but similar to the Canglan Divine Tree, one body with two souls."

"How could one primordial spirit cultivate to the Heavenly Lord realm, while the other was at Sovereign of the World?"

Ye Xu was deeply perplexed.

Even though he had absorbed countless knowledge, his brain felt ready to burst, he could not figure out the root cause of Mu Fanyin’s condition.

"Thinking truly was a difficult matter."

Ye Xu shook his head, dispelled his thoughts, and took Yi Tianxing back home.

After all, Mu Fanyin no longer needed his help.

After repelling Dao Sovereign Zhan Tian and Mu Xuanji with one strike, the demonic shadow, sky-towering behind Mu Fanyin, gradually shrank and slowly retracted into her body.

Li Ruoyu was torn between shock and doubt, his forehead covered with large beads of sweat.

He looked up at Mu Fanyin.

Mu Fanyin also gazed at him, her eyes cold and chilling Li Ruoyu’s heart.

Their eyes met.

Li Ruoyu gritted his teeth harshly, tentatively probing, "Daoist friend, you…"

"Are you not Daoist friend Mu?"

After saying this, Li Ruoyu’s heart gradually calmed; the person before him had a weird origin; by choosing to speak, he had already prepared for certain death.

"Daoist friend?"

The one called "Mu Fanyin" sneered coldly, her disdainful eyes scornful, "You are not worthy!"

…

Li Ruoyu had never dreamed that he would get such a reply.

Instantly.

Li Ruoyu broke down completely.