376: Chapter 95: Perish Together 376: Chapter 95: Perish Together Above the zenith, rosy light radiated in all directions.
The battle between the True Dragon and the Ruyi Dao was nearing its end, with immense lightning piercing through heaven and earth.
Emperor Qi, intending to use the Daoist Skill, sought to recreate the ancient kingdom and thereby crush Qing Li.
Above the thousands of dark clouds, palace after palace appeared.
If Emperor Qi truly took that step,
Each of these palaces would possess the weight of ten thousand jun, any one of them capable of crushing mountains.
Unfortunately,
A miss is as good as a mile.
Having passed the “Reincarnation Tribulation,” Qing Li, in her true form, swept through, effortlessly shattering these Heavenly Immortal Palaces one by one.
Countless fragments of the Dao rules rustled as they fell.
Amid the battle, the void shattered.
The howling wind was piercing, like the wailing of ghosts and the howling of wolves, but upon listening closely, one could discern…
this mourning was earnest and heartfelt, not merely the lament of the wind.
Emperor Qi’s face looked extremely unpleasant.
He looked around and saw the shattered void struck by the True Dragon’s tail, from which streaked faint radiance.
These lights, though individually minuscule, akin to fireflies,
When gathered together,
Erupted in a blinding brilliance!
These…
were the people he had placed on the altar, sacrificed to feed the Dao!
This grand ascension ritual ended in failure, but as sacrificial offerings, the flesh and blood of these people were completely drained, their physical bodies piled into mountains, their Divine Souls fleeing into the void, unable to find peace.
For a full thousand years,
These people suffered the chaos of oblivion as atonement for “Emperor Qi’s” ascension.
Now, countless Ruyi Dao rules, like waterfalls, cascaded from the heavens to the ground, completely enveloping the Great Yue Kingdom.
Within this Ruyi Kingdom, Emperor Qi could do whatever he wished.
But the one thing he couldn’t erase was these people’s “resentment” towards their monarch!
The reason why Great Yue was fractured everywhere, and Iron Cavalry patrolled the kingdom,
Was because Emperor Qi attempted to revise history…
He killed the Historians, destroyed historical records, trying with the Ruyi Dao rules to alter the ancient country’s past—making the battle against the dragon appear as if the Demon Dragon plagued the nation, and the emperor controlled the Dao, fighting tyranny!
Unfortunately,
This “golden age” didn’t unfold as Emperor Qi had wished.
After a thousand-year cycle,
Qing Li, in the form of Divine Thought, came to this shattered Ancient Great Yue Kingdom.
Her original form battled Emperor Qi within the Ruyi Cave Heaven, while her Divine Thought form saved those wandering souls within the void.
For a full thousand years,
Qing Li ferried countless beings, saving more souls than could be counted.
Compared to the nine million lives, those she saved might not seem many.
But even if only one was saved, that too was salvation.
This was an act of grace!
Qing Li expended an enormous amount of Heart Power, laboriously saving thousands, tens of thousands.
Compared to the massacre caused by Emperor Qi, they were only one percent.
But now, these “fireflies” ignited the entire sea.
The countless lost souls in the void transformed into fireflies, soaring toward the True Dragon…
As the fierce battle ensued, both sides sustained significant losses.
These void spirits clung to the prominent position on the True Dragon’s forehead, rendering its immense dharma’s eyes even more piercing, its aura even more formidable.
“How dare you assist this fiend?!”
Emperor Qi stared at the tiny fireflies, recalling the scene when all beings of the Great Yue Kingdom once bowed before him.
He spoke in a low voice, with each word thunderous, displaying the emperor’s authority.
However,
At this moment, none of the frail souls in the void knelt down!
Standing at the forehead position of the True Dragon dharma, Qing Li’s hands hung down, surrounded by thousands of streaks of lightning, and said, “Not aid me, so you would aid him?”
Though the fireflies were tiny, many a little makes a mickle.
The vast Soul Sea clung onto the body of the True Dragon.
The two dharma collided once more!
After a prolonged battle, both sides nearly exhausted their strength, and Emperor Qi’s Ruyi Dao, due to Lu Yuzhen’s “interference,” could not be replenished.
At this moment, although he still stood as a monarch between heaven and earth, his power of the Dao weakened—
This collision!
The True Dragon Dao shattered the Ruyi Dao, penetrating even the entire Waterfall Cave Heaven!
Emperor Qi’s chest was pierced by the True Dragon’s claw.
Blood spurted between heaven and earth!
“Foul demons!
Full of foul demons!”
Emperor Qi clutched his chest, his face pale with fury as he shouted: “I should have killed all of you long ago!
Once I win this battle, I will refine your souls alongside this demon dragon, forever suffering the torment of the void!”
Qing Li, expressionless, spoke coldly: “You won’t have that chance!”
The two towering dharma collided, and Emperor Qi’s human-shaped dharma continuously retreated.
The True Dragon seized this opportunity, attacking relentlessly, its movements broad and sweeping.
Emperor Qi’s dharma kept breaking and repairing.
At this moment, he was nearly mad with rage, his Golden Crown fallen, his long hair disheveled, his Imperial Robe in tatters.
After a full thousand years,
Emperor Qi finally reached an end.
But this end was not what he desired!
“I will not be defeated!”
Emperor Qi lunged at the True Dragon, completely insane, his Ruyi Dao condensing into a gigantic sun, smashing towards the True Dragon!
However…
this sun was incomplete, missing a piece!
Emperor Qi looked toward the distant yellow sands, continuously communicating with Divine Thought, trying to recall the part of Ruyi Dao captured by White Paper Cave Heaven to complete this great sun!
“Splash!”
At this moment, standing in the center of the yellow sands, Lu Yuzhen’s cloak fluttered wildly, his body resembling a wooden sculpture.
His Divine Soul, along with Xie Xuanyi, breached into Purple Mansion.
Yet the expression on his physical body was unprecedentedly solemn.
The fragmented Pure White Saint’s dharma, reduced to countless pieces of paper, now shrank numerous times, with its speckled pieces congealing into a three-foot deity statue.
This deity statue was seated at the very top of White Paper Cave Heaven, suppressing it with its base.
The huge domain formed by the Pure White Saint’s broken arm was constantly attacked by the incomplete Ruyi Dao, unleashing a series of fine cracks, complicated and dazzling, as if countless thunders exploded within.
This scene was quite terrifying.
White Paper Cave Heaven, even at this juncture, had not ruptured!
Blood seeped from the nose and mouth of Lu Yuzhen, and his orifices cracked like porcelain, such injuries would have been unbearable for anyone else…
But at the center of Lord Lu’s brow, a faint luminescence emitted, a stream of life-giving essence as gentle as a stream, cascading from above his celestial spirit, soothing the wounds.
The blood from his nose and mouth slowly dried.
The cracked orifices healed and restored.
To confront a “Near Immortal,” one must employ the methods of “Immortal Trace.”
Undying Spring.
It was Lu Yuzhen’s last resort, benefiting from this continuous vitality, nurturing his body, the constantly cracking White Paper Cave Heaven somehow managed to hold on.
This straw, light yet heavy, pressed down on Emperor Qi’s head.
One straw, and disaster struck.
The dazzling great sun, formed by countless Ruyi Dao, held aloft by Emperor Qi’s hands, finally plummeted down, landing on the True Dragon burdened with the Life Spirit’s Will, Qing Li also raised her hands, she caught this Ruyi Giant Sun, the body of the True Dragon suddenly dropped, almost crashing to the ground in an instant!
White Paper Cave Heaven erupted with millions of tremors in an instant.
Lord Lu firmly held the line, preventing Emperor Qi from completing the “Ruyi Dao.”
Because of this.
Qing Li caught the great sun.
The nearly falling True Dragon, let out an angry roar, rebounding from hitting rock bottom, rearing its head and claws, striving towards the sky top!
“No…”
“No!”
In this moment, a look of despair emerged on the furious Emperor Qi.
He could never have imagined that he would ultimately “fail” here…
Those fragile pieces of paper had firmly locked the Ruyi Dao, preventing his perfection!
This battle.
In the moment Qing Li took up the Ruyi Great Sun.
It met its “end,” with no chance for a turnaround.
“Rumble!”
The entire Great Yue Kingdom, at this moment, experienced “eternal daylight,” as the Ruyi Dao was lifted by the True Dragon, Qing Li raised her hands, controlling the True Dragon, leaping to the ninth heaven, smashing the great sun heavily on the towering Emperor Qi’s dharma statue…
Billions of brilliant lights burst forth, a fierce gale turning every city wall and barren mountain of the ancient kingdom upside down.
Where Lu Yuzhen and Xie Xuanyi stood, countless pieces of white paper flew about, instantly rising from the ground, forming a wall of paper.
The paper wall was fragile yet rigid.
It shattered in one instant, and in another, it reformed with a snap, crackle, and pop.
The Purple Mansion World, too, was drawn into a violent tremor.
Standing atop an ice lake, Xie Xuanyi looked upward at the sky, Lord Lu reflected the current external scene through the scattered pieces of white paper.
“It’s time.”
Lu Yuzhen narrowed his eyes, calmly stating, “The victor is decided… Emperor Qi still has one last move.”
As his words fell.
Atop the celestial roof of Purple Mansion World, rampant laughter erupted.
“Hahahaha…”
The dharma statue of Emperor Qi, struck by the Ruyi Great Sun, was engulfed by destructive brilliance, thanks to his profound celestial cultivation, this dharma statue did not perish instantly but survived the strike.
Yet demise had become inevitable, his “body” began to disintegrate and the Tao started to collapse!
This time, the True Dragon’s claws seized Emperor Qi’s heart.
But Emperor Qi also stretched out his hands, grabbing the True Dragon.
“Do you really think I’ve lost just like that?”
Up to this moment.
Completely mad, yet Emperor Qi’s belief remained firm, he stared intently at the woman before him, tauntingly saying, “…I have not lost, nor will I lose!”
Thud!
Amidst the intense explosions, a muffled drumbeat echoed between heaven and earth.
The True Dragon, clutching Emperor Qi’s heart, tried to retreat.
But found its claw firmly locked.
The great sun expanded, enveloping them both!
“Since ascending to immortality is hopeless…”
“Then let the citizens of Great Yue Kingdom, as well as the True Dragon that survived Reincarnation Tribulation, join me.”
Emperor Qi lightly laughed, “Together heading toward ‘demise’!”
Qing Li’s expression shifted slightly, she tried to withdraw her hand, but in that moment, countless Ruyi Dao completely erupted, the great sun shattered, billion lux re-formed into the great sun, Emperor Qi at this moment detonated the Ruyi Dao, this robust Dao erupting with Holy Light, falling from the sky top, this waterfall formed no longer soft but as scorching lava!
Where it passed, heaven and earth collapsed.
Yellow sands wailed, white papers dissolved.
“…now is the moment!”
In the Purple Mansion World, Lord Lu turned to Xie Xuanyi.
He extended his palm, with innumerable streams converging.
“Emperor Qi decided to perish along with the Great Yue Kingdom… to salvage this situation, only the Undying Spring Eye will suffice!”