Chapter 326 Admitting Mistakes is the Right Thing to Do The Source of Fear in Ones Heart

The beach remains the same, and the waves still surge.

Yu Xian frowned, looked around for a moment, then turned to look at the ocean behind him.

Is another battle for ascension taking place within the mirror image of Ascension Island?

However, even with his current strength and powerful eyesight, he can no longer see that terrifying “circle” when he looks behind him.

In fact, the reason why everyone fought so fiercely back then was 90% because of that ever-shrinking “circle”!

If that ever-shrinking circle didn’t exist, and if the ten people who would ascend to immortality weren’t determined in a short time, everyone would die.

Yu Xian would not resolutely kill anyone!

Looking at it now, the shrunken circle is gone; only the mirror image remains.

“A formation…”

Compared to the fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy he was back then, Yu Xian is now a mature man.

He understood that this so-called mirror image must be some kind of illusionary formation.

Now that he and Hongshao have entered the formation, the surrounding world is all an illusion.

Even though he knew it was fake, he still couldn’t see through it with his current Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivation level.

But has Hongshao seen through it all? Perhaps she has already begun to break the formation and search for the truth.

Yu Xian remained calm. If he couldn’t see through it, so be it; at worst, he could just go through it again.

This time is different from before, when so many people were vying for immortality; it was a fight to the death, with no other choice.

Now, Yu Xian strides forward, and no one dares to attack him with the Ascension Token.

“Boy! You heard it too! Some people must die! And you are one of them! Yuan Sword Technique!”

But they hadn’t gone far when a loud shout rang out from dozens of feet away.

Yu Xian, who was walking calmly, suddenly stopped and frowned as he looked at the hundred meters ahead.

A man raised his hand and formed a hand seal, and more than a dozen sharp swords surrounded him, already attacking him!

Looking at the man, listening to those familiar words.

In a daze, Yu Xian felt as if he had returned to those years!

This man was none other than the Yuanjian Sect’s Qi Condensation Great Perfection sword cultivator who was the first to try to kill him and seize his Ascension Token on Ascension Island!

Back then, this man was incredibly imposing and looked extremely fierce.

But now, looking at him again, his Qi Condensation Perfection cultivation fluctuations and his split sword technique seemed as laughable to Yu Xian as a child wielding a big knife.

Scene recreation?

Illusion or illusion?

Yu Xian thought to himself, but the “man” still grinned and quickly closed the distance of several dozen feet. He raised his hand and pointed, and more than a dozen swords pierced towards Yu Xian.

Back then, in order to kill him, Yu Xian acted and feigned weakness. In the end, he relied on the defense of the fourth-tier magic weapon, the Five Treasures Silver Dragon Armor, to fight each other and finally kill the man.

But now, seeing this, Yu Xian calmly shook his head, raised his hand and pointed, without even using any magic, a wisp of energy whistled out and pierced through the man’s brow.

The man didn’t even utter a sound before crashing to the ground, which was much more comfortable than being burned alive by the Fire Dragon Technique back then.

Yu Xian killed the man with a single finger strike, but his brows did not relax. He stared at the man’s corpse, lost in thought.

The illusion was too real for him to see through.

If you can’t see through it, then you’ll have to stay in this illusion forever. Even if you kill this man, it will be a futile effort.

But if this man has appeared, does that mean that the other forty-odd ascended immortals are also there?

So……

Yu Xian suddenly looked up and glanced to the side.

A girl of about sixteen or seventeen years old was hiding in the woods. When she saw Yu Xian suddenly looking at her, she turned pale with fright and hurriedly retreated!

A glint flashed in Yu Xian’s eyes, and he couldn’t help but take a step forward and chase after them.

“No! Senior brother, don’t chase me! Senior brother, spare my life!!”

Those extremely familiar words rang in his ears once again!

You Xiaocao!?

Yu Xian’s hands trembled slightly as he opened and closed them involuntarily.

He sped up even more and quickly caught up.

“Senior brother, stop chasing me! Senior brother!! Spare my life!!”

The woman screamed and backed away, her face covered in tears, her eyes filled with deep despair.

But Yu Xian was like a whirlwind. This time, before she could cast a spell to fight him, he pounced and pressed his hand down on You Xiaocao’s head.

“Don’t kill me!! No!!”

Yu Xiaocao’s face was as white as paper, her whole body trembling. She looked at Yu Xian in terror, as if Yu Xian would crush her hand and kill her at any moment.

Yu Xian looked at You Xiaocao in front of him. Although his expression remained calm, the light in his eyes was trembling.

“you……”

Yu Xian opened his mouth, but didn’t know what to say.

A moment later, Yu Xian suddenly released her grip and looked at You Xiaocao, saying, “You can go now…”

Yu Xiaocao’s terrified expression froze for a moment, then brightened with joy. She said to Yu Xian, “Senior Brother isn’t going to kill me!? Then, then I’m leaving!”

“Walk……”

Yu Xian felt extremely suffocated, as if a drum was being pounded and a hammer was being struck, and all the blood in his body seemed to be rushing towards his heart!

He raised his hand and waved it tremblingly: “Go…”

You Xiaocao quickly turned around and ran away.

Watching You Xiaocao’s retreating figure, Yu Xian felt increasingly stifled!

He seemed to be struggling to breathe!

But just then, You Xiaohua, who was running ahead, suddenly stopped.

She stood there, slowly turned around, looked at Yu Xian, her eyes filled with tears of blood: “Senior brother, you are a good person…”

Tears of blood streamed down You Xiaocao’s face as she stood there, her expression one of utter desolation, slowly fading away: “But…but you’ve already killed me…”

“puff!!”

A large mouthful of blood gushed out several feet like a blood arrow!

Yu Xian’s face turned as white as gold paper on the spot!

He looked at the spot where You Xiaocao disappeared, a place that was extremely familiar to him!

Right there, he slit Yu Xiaocao’s throat with one sword and pierced her chest with another, ending her young life!

She’s dead…

Twenty-eight years later, what’s the use of letting her live now?

My chest still feels tight, as if a lump of iron is hanging from my heart, making it incredibly painful!

“puff……”

Yu Xian coughed up another mouthful of blood, his body went limp, and he almost fell over.

He staggered, grabbed a large tree for support, and managed to stand up. He kept staring at the spot where You Xiaocao had disappeared, his lips trembling. After a long while, he finally uttered three words.

“sorry……”

“Cough cough cough…”

Those three words seemed to have exhausted Yu Xian’s strength. He coughed violently, leaned against the big tree, and slowly slid down, severely injured!

This is the slash of inner demons!

He had no regrets about killing You Xiaocao, but even though he had no regrets, he still had some remorse!

Yu Xian himself didn’t care about this and didn’t dwell on it.

But now, repeating the same mistake, he doesn’t know why, but he has chosen a different path.

He could have still killed You Xiaocao to uphold his beliefs, but instead, he spared her life!

That’s equivalent to denying yourself!

He shouldn’t have been killed… He shouldn’t have been killed…

I was wrong back then!!

Yu Xian sat under the tree, looking at the spot where You Xiaocao had disappeared, shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

After a moment, he slowly raised his hand to form a hand seal, his thoughts turning as his gaze gradually calmed.

“If I succeed in my path, he will surely seek out your soul and spirit, awaken you, and apologize to you…”

To admit one’s mistakes is to negate one’s past self.

Even in denial, Yu Xian used this method to resolve her inner conflict.

The pounding heartbeat gradually subsided, and the injuries to the internal organs began to heal.

Yu Xian’s physical body was indeed strong. If it were anyone else, under the influence of the illusionary inner demons, denying their decision from back then would probably have resulted in severe backlash and death!

But sometimes, denial is also a form of mental clarity!

If you’re wrong, you’re wrong, and you should deny it!

Once you understand this, you will be able to achieve anything.

With blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, Yu Xian calmed himself and began to breathe slowly.

He did not dwell on his inner demons, so his injuries were able to heal.

He was constantly struggling with the conflicting emotions of admitting his mistake, denying his mistake, and whether killing her was wrong or not.

Then he would truly be doomed to die, and he wouldn’t even know how he died!

To acknowledge, admit, and correct one’s mistakes is the mark of a pure and innocent heart, untouched by the corruption of others.

The atmosphere, which had plummeted to rock bottom, began to slowly rise again.

Everything around remained unchanged.

The illusionary formation only drew out Yu Xian’s guilt, causing him to kill himself; it was not the formation’s power that killed Yu Xian.

But Yu Xian had a clear mind; he believed that a mistake was a mistake and did not try to explain it away.

Having admitted his mistake, his mind returned to clarity, and thus he was only seriously injured, not dead.

Now that he has recovered through meditation, his physical body is strong enough that he will recover quickly.

After resting with his eyes closed for an unknown period of time, Yu Xian opened his eyes, his eyes gleaming with a sharp light, his injuries completely healed.

He glanced once more at the spot where You Xiaocao had disappeared, his gaze resolute. Then, with a swift movement, he transformed into a streak of light and headed straight for the central mountain peak.

More than ten hours have already passed. I wonder how Hongshao is doing!

Such a grand illusionary formation is extremely terrifying. If Hong Shao also has inner demons, then things will be troublesome.

In fact, this grand illusionary formation was not very effective against a minor cultivator like Yu Xian, who was at the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment stage.

However, if a Nascent Soul expert were to enter and have their inner demons stirred, then it would be truly difficult to withstand the self-inflicted wound!

After all, the higher your cultivation level, the greater the damage caused by the inner conflicts that attack you!

As he continued forward, he saw the Qi Condensation cultivators he had killed on Ascension Island appear one by one!

But Yu Xian felt no remorse towards these “people.” His mind was clear and his thoughts were unobstructed. He moved forward, and whenever these “people” came, he would kill them with a single finger, without wasting any time.

With lightning speed, Yu Xian arrived at the central mountain staircase in the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn.

Climbing these mountain steps back then had the effect of strengthening the body, but I wonder if it still has that effect now.

Without hesitation, Yu Xian stepped onto the mountain ladder and ran up the mountain!

The familiar pressure fell on me once again.

The pressure of climbing the mountain ladder seems to change with the change of realm.

Back then, Yu Xian was a mid-stage Qi Condensation cultivator, and his physical body was very weak.

Now that he has reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment in his cultivation method and has cultivated the Great Elixir Body Refining Technique in his physical body, reaching the late stage of Lesser Elixir Body Refining Technique, the pressure he feels is actually the same as at the beginning!

This is interesting!

Yu Xian’s eyes gleamed, his muscles twitched, and he strode up the mountain!

These ascension steps can actually be used to train one’s physical body a second time?

Perhaps by using this ten-thousand-step mountain ladder, one can allow one’s physical body to reach the Great Perfection of the Lesser Elixir Body!

Just like last time when he climbed the mountain, Yu Xian did not use any magic power, but only relied on the strength of his physical body to climb!

However, last time, he endured immense pressure with every step he took, relying on sheer willpower to withstand it.

This time, however, he was radiating heat, and his incredibly powerful muscles kept breaking through one suppression after another!

Even though the force of the fall increases with each step up the mountain, Yu Xian is like an ancient ferocious beast, and no shackles can restrain him!

Under this domineering collision, and the physical body and the suppression exerted each other’s strain, Yu Xian’s physical body was also being tempered, and the strength of his physical body was obviously increasing!

Like a thunderbolt, Yu Xian climbed the mountain, reaching over six thousand steps in a short time!

Thick blood mist enveloped his entire body. This was neither the Blood Burning Technique nor the Blood Suppression Technique, but a terrifying scene of his physical body erupting and his blood energy gushing out from his pores along with the heat wave!

“What a wonderful mountain ladder!”

Yu Xian gasped for breath, running six thousand steps in one go, almost pushing his physical limits!

But the light in his eyes grew even brighter. With a long roar, he took another step and continued running wildly!

Almost the limit? That means it hasn’t reached the limit yet!

But even if we reach the limit, so what?

His goal was to push the limits!

Three thousand steps!

Two thousand steps!

One thousand steps!

Five hundred steps!

“break!”

Yu Xian felt waves of heat surging through his body. He circulated the Great Elixir Body Refining Technique and let out a roar. The speed of the last two hundred steps increased by a factor of two!

Explode at the limit! Make the impossible possible!

A wave of heat swept through, and Yu Xian climbed to the mountain peak, standing there panting, his eyes filled with joy!

His physical body broke through the late stage of Lesser Dan Body and reached the Great Perfection of Lesser Dan Body!

At this moment, Yu Xianfa has achieved the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment in Dharma Cultivation and the Great Perfection of Minor Elixir Body Cultivation in Body Cultivation, which can be described as the perfection of both body and Dharma!

Yu Xian took a few breaths and then looked ahead.

The grand hall that I didn’t enter back then is still there.

Unlike before, this hall is much more dilapidated, as if it had been swept by some kind of power, or as if something suppressed under the hall had escaped, causing the collapse.

Moreover, the doors of the main hall are already open.

Through the dim light inside the hall, Yu Xian could clearly see Hong Shao’s blurry figure from behind!

She was deep inside the main hall, with her back to him, seemingly looking at something.

And…her body seemed to be trembling! Shaking! Terrified!

Has she fallen into a hallucination and had her inner demons stirred up?

Yu Xian was startled. He quickly took a deep breath, suppressed his fatigue, and rushed into the main hall without saying a word!

Last time, he was almost possessed by the illusions inside the main hall. If it weren’t for the Yusheng Jade Pendant saving him, he probably would have perished long ago.

Therefore, the palace must be extremely dangerous.

But now that Hongshao is in the midst of it all, and the crisis is unpredictable, he cannot turn a blind eye!

Even if it’s extremely dangerous, he has to go!

As soon as Yu Xian stepped inside, he felt dizzy, and the scene in front of him seemed to be distorting and changing!

But he suddenly bit his tongue, stimulating his mind, and the distorted scene stopped twisting and returned to normal.

It’s not that Yu Xian’s spirit is so strong that he can break through the illusion that even Hong Shao was absorbed into.

The truth is that this place is now unclaimed, and the formation has been destroyed.

And most importantly, the vast majority of the power of the formation is now controlling Hong Shao!

Yet, this seemingly insignificant Foundation Establishment cultivator possessed exceptionally strong spiritual power.

This allowed the formation to only use the power of the Foundation Establishment realm to confuse Yu Xian, which is why Yu Xian was able to break free immediately.

To control Yu Xian, one would need at least the illusionary power of the Golden Core level.

Yu Xian was naturally confused, but since he hadn’t been pulled into the illusion, perhaps it was because the Yusheng Jade Pendant had worked.

Without thinking twice, he rushed to Hongshao, grabbed her slender waist, and dragged her away!

“don’t want!”

Before Yu Xian could drag Hong Shao a few feet away, Hong Shao screamed and struggled frantically!

With Hong Shao’s Nascent Soul cultivation, even though she is not a body cultivator, her physical body is still far superior to Yu Xian’s at this moment!

It’s not even one-tenth as good!

Therefore, even without using any magic, Yu Xian felt that his arms were as weak as straws and could not restrain this “wild horse” Hong Shao with his physical strength.

In an instant, Hongshao broke free and fell backward to the ground.

Hongshao fell to the ground, her face covered in tears. She hurriedly tried to get up, but it seemed she had a leg ailment and couldn’t stand steadily. She fell again and had no choice but to crawl forward on her hands and feet, crying out, “Father! Father! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t leave Shao’er!!”

“Sect Master!”

Upon seeing this, Yu Xian hurriedly chased after him, urgently calling out, “Wake up! Wake up!”

Hong Shao’s aura was extremely chaotic at this moment, and even with her Nascent Soul cultivation, she was unable to suppress this turmoil.

This is the terrifying state of mind that arises from a flaw in one’s own being, leading to self-destruction!

If you don’t wake up in time, it’s tantamount to suicide!

Unfortunately, Hongshao didn’t listen to Yu Xian at all. She kept crawling forward, her face full of tears and despair.

It was a heart-wrenching sadness, and an overwhelming fear.

That was the utter despair that came from the depths of one’s heart when one was abandoned by the person closest to them!

“Daddy…Daddy…Don’t leave me…Daddy…I’m scared…Don’t abandon me…I’ll eat less…Waaaaah…”

After crawling for a while, Hong Shao’s crying subsided, replaced by nothing but despair and a sense of death.

Yu Xian gritted his teeth and roared a few more times, trying to wake Hong Shao. He even reached out to grab Hong Shao’s shoulder and forcibly drag her away.

But Hongshao still wouldn’t listen, and her strength was something Yu Xian couldn’t shake at all. When Yu Xian grabbed her shoulders, he was only pulled along by her crawling body, but he couldn’t pull her up even a little bit.

“father……”

Hongshao’s voice grew even weaker: “Don’t leave me… I’ll… eat less… I can… work…”

“This…this!”

Upon seeing this, Yu Xian was so anxious he wanted to stomp his feet. Even with his usually calm and composed nature, he couldn’t help but panic at this moment!

what to do!?

“Don’t… leave me… Father…”

Hong Shao crawled forward a few more times with difficulty, her whole body exuding a strong sense of death.

This illusion is truly terrifying. Even in childhood, memories that one has forgotten can still be summoned, turning into inner demons and attacking oneself!

Yu Xian’s eyelids twitched wildly, his thoughts racing. He gritted his teeth, took a few quick steps, rushed to Hong Shao, knelt down, and reached out to hug her. He opened his mouth, a hint of embarrassment in his eyes, but ultimately made up his mind, holding Hong Shao in his arms and whispering, “Don’t, don’t be afraid… Father’s here… Father’s here…”

“father……”

Hong Shao trembled slightly, as if a drowning person had grabbed a lifeline, and suddenly hugged Yu Xian tightly!

Click…

With a muffled thud, Yu Xian’s face turned pale instantly!

Hong Shao’s physical strength is incredible!

Even in a dazed state, the way he held Yu Xian tightly caused Yu Xian’s arms to break on the spot! Yu Xian felt chest tightness and shortness of breath!

If Yu Xian hadn’t had a strong physical body, he could have been strangled to death by that one blow!

“I am here……”

However, Yu Xian could still endure this kind of pain.

He still spoke softly and gently, “Don’t be afraid… come with me… let’s go back…”

“Go back… go home… Daddy, take me home…”

Two streams of tears flowed down her cheeks. Hongshao buried her head in Yu Xian’s arms, curled up, trembling, and whispered, “Go home, go home…”

Yu Xian immediately got up, grabbed Hong Shao, and rushed out of the hall.