320: Chapter 62: From Nothingness to Nothingness 320: Chapter 62: From Nothingness to Nothingness The palm wind roared majestically, pouring out.
Xie Xuanyi stretched out his hand to cover the little girl Qing Li’s eyes, his expression calm.
With a boom.
Prince Jiu’s hand abruptly stopped three feet in front of Xie Xuanyi.
This Demon Prince, who had reached the peak of the Yin God, suddenly felt a chill in his heart lake, causing the hairs on his body to stand on end!
“Prince?”
Chi Wu had not yet realized what had happened.
The Prince Jiu, who had initially reached out to remove Xie Xuanyi’s mask, suddenly abandoned the idea and, grabbing Chi Wu, retreated explosively backward, faster than when he arrived!
After killing the Centurion, the gradually dimming five-colored divine shadow shone brightly again at this moment!
But it was still too late!
A wisp of Sword Qi above Xie Xuanyi’s head stirred and burst forth upon sensing danger.
Zhao Chunyang had left behind a strand of Sword Intent.
This strand of Sword Intent would keep Xie Xuanyi safe.
Back in the Great Chu Imperial City, even the Holy Empress did not make a move to take off the “Mask of All Beings.”
The reason was simple.
The Holy Empress did not want to provoke Zhao Chunyang.
He was a true “Heavenly Person”, and even just a strand of his Sword Intent was troublesome to deal with.
At this moment.
The strand of Sword Intent trembled lightly.
The Sword Qi Lotus suspended above Xie Xuanyi’s head gently cracked open a small slit.
With a swish!
A stream of Sword Qi shattered the void, piercing toward Prince Jiu!
In an instant, Prince Jiu retreated several miles.
The Sword Qi penetrated several miles, smashing through buildings and long alleys.
Zhao Chunyang had left this strand of Sword Qi because he clearly knew what Xie Xuanyi would face after his seclusion…
This was his most beloved disciple.
He could accept that Xie Xuanyi was defeated by peers of the same level.
But he could not accept that Xie Xuanyi died at the hands of a cultivator several realms higher.
The complexion of Prince Jiu turned pale at this moment.
He was even forced to resort to the ability to tear through space with his physical body, yet the sword Qi could still tear through the void.
As the Sword Qi approached, he didn’t hesitate to throw Chi Wu to the side!
“Prince?!”
Everything happened too fast!
Chi Wu hadn’t even realized what was happening when he was thrown in front of the Sword Qi!
He exerted all his effort, deploying all his Tao Rules to resist this sword strike…
The saying ‘a mantis trying to stop a chariot’ couldn’t be more apt.
The Lotus Sword Intent left by Zhao Chunyang, even though it was just a slight stir, was not something this pseudo-Yin God could shake.
In just an instant!
The Sword Qi destroyed everything in its path, slaying this pseudo-Yin God.
Blood and flesh exploded across the sky!
The remaining Sword Qi struck Prince Jiu!
“…”
This Demon Prince at the peak of Yin God, extremely disheveled, planted his feet firmly on the ground.
After throwing Chi Wu, he gained a precious moment to adjust, which was enough for him to summon the entire five-colored divine shadow in front of him!
Peacock Venerable’s demonic magic, falling to the ground to become a mountain!
Boom!
The multicolored divine shadows collided with the lotus Sword Qi, splashing waves of air hundreds of feet high!
…
…
After a long time.
After what felt like an eternity.
The Tiesuo Alley, almost leveled to the ground, was shrouded in dust, blurring the surroundings.
Faintly visible at the end of the alley, a towering multicolored divine shadow sat like a great Buddha, stretching out its palm.
The center of the palm, opposing the Sword Qi, cracked with hundreds, if not thousands, of lines like porcelain, but the glimmering brilliance of glazed light slowly flickered, healing these cracks at an extremely fast rate.
Prince Jiu had, after all, blocked that sword.
But.
The Sword Qi Lotus above Xie Xuanyi’s head had not dissipated.
“Xie Zhen…”
From within the deep dust, someone coughed dully, forcefully waving their sleeve.
Prince Jiu slowly walked out.
He stood beneath the multicolored divine shadow and did not easily leave the protective range of the divine shadow, his expression somber as he watched the youth in black.
“You’ve really hidden yourself deep.”
The cultivators of the Great Yue who were killed in Chi Ling City, after being soul searched, yielded the life story of Xie Zhen.
This youth could entirely be summarized by the phrase “suddenly descended.”
No news for the past dozen years.
Overnight, he suddenly appeared within everyone’s sight…
And right after, in the grand contest of the Sword Palace, he topped the Xuanshui Cave Heaven and voluntarily disclosed his identity as a disciple of Xuanyi!
Coincidence, all coincidence!
Compared with the information obtained from Devouring Soul, Prince Jiu preferred to trust his own eyes.
Just from the Sword Qi Lotus that Zhao Chunyang bestowed upon this youth, he could be certain that the youth’s connection with the Da Sui Sword Palace was closer than anyone could imagine.
This was not treatment that any random disciple of Xuanyi could receive…
What kind of person Zhao Chunyang was—the entire Demon Country regarded him as a “Saint” level threat.
If such a person fell.
The Great Venerates of the Demon Country would gather to discuss whether they could set aside old disputes, stop infighting, and join forces to move south…
Without Zhao Chunyang, the Demon Race’s chances of winning the southern invasion would increase by at least ten percent.
The Demon Country, in its hundred years of battling Zhao Chunyang, had never gained the upper hand.
They were extremely familiar with the character traits of the Da Sui Sect Leader and knew them clearly!
After the battle of drinking poison, the people Zhao Chunyang cared most about were only two!
The Law Enforcement Brother and Xie Xuanyi!
Xie Xuanyi had died and vanished from the path, Zhao Chunyang went into seclusion, not coming out—this news was known throughout the entire Demon Country.
Now, this lotus of Sword Qi encapsulating the complete Sword Dao, even the thoughts of a Heavenly Person…
How could Zhao Chunyang casually bestow it upon a junior of the Grotto Heaven whom he had met only once?
These thoughts converged in the mind of Prince Jiu.
Amidst the chaos of his Heart Lake, a ludicrous speculation suddenly emerged.
What if Xie Xuanyi had never died?
The intelligence that the Demon Country had received over the years was completely false!
The Xuanyi Sword Immortal, considered the number one impending threat by the Demon Race, had never thrown himself into the sea…
The Da Sui Sword Palace had gone to great lengths to fabricate a “fake death,” deceiving the heavens to cross the sea.
Thus, the Demon Country would drop its guard.
However, as soon as this thought emerged, Prince Jiu immediately dismissed it.
It didn’t make sense.
It made no sense at all.
If the person before him were truly Xie Xuanyi, why would he need to use Zhao Chunyang’s Sword Qi Lotus to confront him after ten years had passed?
A fair fight would reveal the true skills of each.
Although the Demon Race’s spy network had been heavily damaged by Da Chu, some information was still not hard to verify…
Xie Xuanyi had been hunted down by the Da Chu Royal Family and died, which was hard to fake.
Various thoughts swayed back and forth.
Prince Jiu’s mind was in disarray for a moment, unsure which pieces of information were true and which were false.
After the smoke and dust had settled.
Prince Jiu took a deep breath.
He stared intensely at the youth before him and slowly asked, “Xie, have you reincarnated?”
This question was absurd.
But even more absurd was…
He had actually “guessed” the truth!
Qing Li, held in his arms, blinked and looked at Xie Xuanyi in confusion.
The Little Mute Girl, although unclear about the relationship between Xie Xuanyi and Prince Jiu, could sense the emotional changes around her.
After Prince Jiu’s words fell, Xie Xuanyi’s facial expression remained indifferent, but deep within his Heart Lake, a fleeting ripple arose.
“…Further words are of no use.”
Xie Xuanyi, unwilling to speak more, calmly said, “I have a lotus flower, and you have a divine shadow.
If you insist on killing me today, let’s see whether my lotus is exhausted first, or your divine shadow shatters first.”
The human race cultivators usually reached such conclusions based mostly on evidence and logic.
This member of the Demon Race…
was much more straightforward and direct.
Prince Jiu reached this “correct conclusion” mainly based on intuition.
Merely killing Northern Hunt cultivators and obtaining fragments from Soul Searching, the information about “Xie Zhen” in Prince Jiu’s hands was extremely scant, not even enough to piece together the forged archives in the library.
It turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
The lack of fabricated information actually brought Prince Jiu closer to the truth…
Two of his subordinates who had condensed Tao Rules, half-step Demon Venerates, died at the hands of “Xie Zhen,” and traces of the Rule of Destruction on their corpses.
Along with this Sword Qi Lotus.
He preferred to believe that this youth was Xie Xuanyi reincarnated!
In his view, this was definitely a major move by Zhao Chunyang, the Da Sui Sect Leader, in order to help his most favored disciple evade the royal pursuit, aiding him to live another life!
“Very good, very good…”
Prince Jiu laughed involuntarily.
Once he was certain of something, he would no longer doubt it.
In his eyes, if this youth explained, it was merely a cover-up.
Now even the explanations were gone, which meant that Xie Xuanyi simply didn’t want to hide it anymore!
Prince Jiu, focusing on the lotus hanging above Xie Xuanyi’s head, declared solemnly, “Today…
this prince will refine Xie Xuanyi to avenge the deceased brothers of the Demon Race!”
The Five-Colored Divine Shadow slowly opened its mouth.
A small golden furnace was spat out.
“This object, named ‘Five-Colored Divine Furnace,’ was intended by this prince to be used when crossing the tribulation to become a Yang God,”
Prince Jiu stated expressionlessly, “Specially brought out today…
just to refine this world.
Xie Xuanyi, you can consider your death as justified!”
“Swoosh!”
The small furnace was levitated high and landed in the palm of the Five-Colored Divine Shadow.
In an instant.
The sky above Xie Xuanyi’s head was covered with a golden divine radiance.
This Tiesuo Alley, within a five-mile radius, was locked down by the Five-Colored Divine Furnace.
The treasure, once brought out, unreasonably tore apart this patch of the sky, drawing it into its belly!
Rumble.
A sea of fire rose.
But the power of this rising sea of fire was far from comparable to that of the incomplete Tao Rules of Tie Feng.
Every flicker of the flames carried the colors of the rainbow!
“This power…
could it be a Supreme Taoist Treasure?”
Xie Xuanyi’s expression seemed troubled.
But the next moment.
His expression slightly eased up, “No…
This treasure has not yet reached the realm of the Supreme Way; it must be a Yang God Spiritual Treasure nurtured to perfection by the Peacock Venerable’s mana.”
Although this piece of Tiesuo Alley was locked by the Five-Colored Divine Furnace, the speed at which the void burned and collapsed was not too fast!
It was apparent that Prince Jiu was also somewhat “strained” in operating this divine furnace.
Clearly…
this was the personal magic artifact that Prince Jiu had reserved for his own advancement to Yang God!
Now.
To resist the Sword Qi Lotus left behind by Zhao Chunyang, Prince Jiu prematurely brought out this trump card.
If this large furnace was used to refine only Xie Xuanyi.
Xie Xuanyi’s situation would not be too difficult.
He believed in the strength of his sect leader.
Even if the Peacock Venerable himself came, this intact Sword Qi Lotus could get him out of trouble—
But now Prince Jiu seemed to have seen his “weak point.”
He didn’t even touch the lotus but wanted to refine Xie Xuanyi along with the whole Tiesuo Alley slowly, cooking the frog in warm water!
Xie Xuanyi saw through Prince Jiu’s true intentions.
And Prince Jiu had also seen Xie Xuanyi’s flaw.
This Sword Qi Lotus left by Zhao Chunyang was not under Xie Xuanyi’s control.
He wanted this Five-Colored Divine Furnace to melt this void to the extreme…
In the end!
To suppress the lotus through the overwhelming force of heaven and earth!
This was the real “worry” for Xie Xuanyi.
When that time came, even if he could escape the predicament using the lotus, what about Shan Man, and what about Qing Li?
It was at this moment.
A very faint echo came from the long-silent wooden hut.
This voice was neither the language of the Human Race nor the crude script of the Demon Race.
Xie Xuanyi started.
It was the ancient language of the Great Yue Kingdom from a thousand years ago, carrying an ancient aura that impacted the soul, along with a hint of quiet sorrow.
Someone was gently singing.
The aged voice dispersed with the wind.
Fell into a sea of flames.
“From nothingness comes…”
“To nothingness it returns…”