382: Chapter 98: Granting Wishes_2 382: Chapter 98: Granting Wishes_2 For Xie Xuanyi, this was another twist of fate…
“I have something to tell you.”
It was at that moment.
The girl in the green gown suddenly spoke.
Xie Xuanyi immediately disengaged from his enlightenment of the Sword Qi emanating from the flying sword and turned his head to look at “Her.”
Upon hearing that cool voice, he knew…
the one who had stood by his side earlier, lending a helping hand, was the True Dragon from a thousand years ago.
The radiant light faded from the girl’s cheeks.
The girl in the green gown glanced at Lu Yuzhen not far away, waved her sleeve, and spread out the True Dragon Dao rules…
Above the clouds, the water shimmered, and the fiery clouds were ruthlessly slashed and extinguished by the Sword Qi.
Great Yue Kingdom was enveloped in the afterglow of the setting sun, like a miraculous mural crafted by the gods.
The True Dragon swayed its long body, gradually withdrawing its dharma.
“Don’t worry, feel free to talk.
Lu here will absolutely not eavesdrop.”
Lu Yuzhen smiled and retreated, raising his hands and shrugging his shoulders to indicate he had no ill intentions.
Even so.
The True Dragon Law had already enveloped Xie Xuanyi, forming a giant circle.
“Senior…”
Xie Xuanyi asked sincerely, “Do you have any last words?”
The great battle had ended but with no victor.
Emperor Qi had lost.
But that didn’t mean…
Qing Li had emerged entirely victorious.
For a full thousand years, with body and Divine Soul separated, fighting fierce battles, even a Celestial Being couldn’t bear the cost of such a tragic war.
Not to mention the lifespan of heaven and earth which naturally had an end.
Just the Primordial Power and demonic energy consumed in this battle alone were enough to drain the True Dragon’s demonic body.
Xie Xuanyi knew that the dissolution of the True Dragon Dharma was actually because Qing Li could no longer support it…
It wouldn’t be long before this True Dragon would also face “Silent Annihilation.”
“Actually, it’s ‘She’ who has something to say to you.”
The girl in the green gown’s indifferent face, after locking eyes with Xie Xuanyi for a few breaths, underwent a slight change.
Her gaze gradually softened.
Her entire demeanor reverted to the “Little Mute Girl” Xie Xuanyi was familiar with.
Divine Soul returned to its rightful place, Divine Skills fully revealed.
At this moment, Qing Li could speak freely…
but she still habitually made a hand gesture, her expression concerned and tense.
[“Are you okay?
Are you hurt?”]
“I’m fine, don’t worry.”
Xie Xuanyi immediately responded with a gesture.
In this battle against the dragon, Qing Li used the Soul Splitting Technique to sneakily gain an upper hand against Emperor Qi.
This thousand years, the Divine Soul that roamed the Great Yue Kingdom.
Ultimately, all returned to the “Purple Mansion Heart Lake” within “Her.”
Be it the Little Mute Girl or others, all were shadows of “Her,” she was Her, and She was her.
The little girl paused for a moment.
She raised her hands, tapped her chest, and then made another gesture.
[“…Have you seen them?”]
This time.
Xie Xuanyi fell into a brief silence.
He knew the significance of Qing Li tapping her chest.
Even at that moment, numerous glimmering lights were drawing close to him.
The True Dragon Barrier merely isolated Lu Yuzhen’s Divine Thought but didn’t prevent these souls of Great Yue Kingdom from approaching, converging right at Xie Xuanyi’s heart.
At the place of Purple Mansion Heart Lake.
Qing Li wanted to inquire about the fate of those phantoms in Tiesuo Alley…
Xie Xuanyi thought of Mu Niu looking up at him and the tragic scenes reflected by the Principle of Life.
He slowly began, “I…
saw Mu Niu.”
Qing Li blinked, waiting for Xie Xuanyi to continue.
Xie Xuanyi remained silent; he didn’t know how to tell the little girl that Mu Niu had already dispersed into nothing, like all the other souls of Great Yue Kingdom.
“…”
After a moment of silence.
Qing Li understood the answer.
The Little Mute Girl’s originally vibrant eyes clouded with a faint mist; she lowered her delicate eyelashes and after a while, she trembled her hands, making another gesture.
[“What about the others?
Have you seen Shan Man?”]
From the catastrophe that befell the Great Yue Kingdom, there were nine million deceased souls.
Those that entered his Heart Lake were just an extremely small fraction.
Xie Xuanyi really wanted to deceive Qing Li, to tell her that he had seen all those people, and they were all doing well.
However…
He just couldn’t say those words.
“Return, come.”
“These people are already dead; after death, they naturally go to their designated places.
In life, we gather for joy; in death, we part.
This…
is life.
You must learn to accept.”
Just then, a cool voice faintly resonated.
The Little Mute Girl was visibly taken aback.
The voice, it was indeed coming from her mouth.
The entity that held dominance within this body was still Him.
His words were spoken with especial coldness, utterly heartless.
The mute girl lowered her eyelids, unsure of how to react for the moment.
“Don’t worry.”
He said with a light laugh, “It will soon be ‘our’ turn…”
With those words, the True Dragon Barrier began to tremble.
Fragile as glass, as snowflakes, the dazzling Dao rules shattered at the slightest breeze, scattering in all directions with a rustling sound.
Standing within the barrier, Xie Xuanyi had a complex expression as he watched the scene unfold.
Qing Li looked up again, her eyes void of confusion, perplexity, or sadness—cleared away entirely.
She was no longer herself.
He calmly said, “I don’t have much time left, please forgive me.”
The True Dragon Dharma had transformed into flying feathers, soaring towards the sky.
At this moment, Qing Li’s entire body swayed, lingering on the verge between “blur” and “reality,” ready to dissipate into mist at any moment.
Xie Xuanyi looked up, his brow slightly furrowed.
He noticed that at this moment, the skies above the Great Yue Kingdom were swirling, opening a gap.
Perhaps it was the ferocity of the battle between Emperor Qi and the True Dragon, breaking apart the pervasive Black Evil…
Or perhaps the Ruyi Dao had completely shattered, causing the protective formations of the Great Yue Kingdom’s Secret Realm to weaken…
Regardless, this secret realm, buried beneath Snow Mountain, finally received its first ray of light from the outside world.
This beam of light fell upon Qing Li.
Both illusory and real.
For a thousand years, a bitter struggle welcomed the light, yet her true body was about to face destruction.
Both Qing Li’s dharma and her true body trembled and shook under the heavenly light.
Underneath the light of heaven.
The sight was beautiful, to be precise…
it was mournfully beautiful.
Xie Xuanyi, however, was lost in thought.
He faintly felt that the scene before him was somewhat odd, illogical.
He had seen Great Practitioners fall before.
The legends say, the great truthful ones of the Taoist and the Bodhisattvas of the Buddhist Sect, when their end nears, choose to undergo Soldier Disintegration and achieve Silent Annihilation, seeking liberation in the most peaceful manner.
This method of falling was the most “serene.”
But today’s Qing Li.
Seemed like she was about to be completely erased by the world…
Why was that?
…
…
“I promised you.”
“If I could slay ‘Emperor Qi,’ I would pluck a part of his Ruyi Dao and gift it to you.”
As Xie Xuanyi pondered, Qing Li spoke.
She hadn’t forgotten the promise she left him when they last parted.
But now Emperor Qi was dead.
The Ruyi Dao had collapsed… Where could one find this so-called “Ruyi Dao”?
Qing Li slowly turned her head, looking towards the not-too-distant place.
The White Paper Cave Heaven formed from the severed arm of the Pure White Saint.
“Wait, really?”
Lu Yuzhen saw Qing Li’s gaze and immediately felt a bad premonition.
Their eyes met for just a fleeting moment.
Qing Li’s gaze was calm, but the implication was crystal clear.
[“Open the Grotto Heaven, release the Dao.”]
“Alright, alright…”
Lord Lu could only give a wry smile.
Being a good person through and through, deliver to the very end.
He simply waved his sleeve, dispelling the White Paper Cave Heaven.
With the restriction gone, the myriad threads of Ruyi Dao instantly escaped and flew in all directions.
“Whoosh!”
Seeing this, Qing Li nonchalantly reached out.
The True Dragon Dao enveloped from the sky, effortlessly capturing the incomplete Dao.
He stretched out his palm.
Though Emperor Qi had died, this part of the Ruyi Dao had not dissipated directly…
Under the confinement of the True Dragon’s Dao.
These incomplete Ruyi Dao coalesced together, ironically forming a small, delicate fish.
Qing Li smiled and said, “Xie Xuanyi, I have won now… You can condense this part of the Ruyi Dao into the ‘Divine Fruit’ you seek on this journey.”