Chapter 160: She Recites Poetry Again

The deceased can no longer be seen.

The boundary between life and death is far greater than any journey in this world.

People can only savor dim memories through longing, reminiscing about the beauty that has long passed.

But now.

The dragon blood Wu Yingxue had consumed turned into warm tears, drop by drop. The teardrops shimmered crystal-clear, and amidst the overlapping shadows, Wu Yingxue saw that figure once again after so long.

So foolish, so kind, so clumsy.

And also the person she missed the most.

That was a fool beyond compare, who once smiled and told the Commandery Princess that he would never truly die, but would continue to watch her grow in a special way.

"Master, can you see…"

"The me of today has become even more outstanding…"

Wu Yingxue managed to squeeze out a forced smile.

She looked up at the blue sky.

Her body was soaked in dragon blood, her hair was disheveled, and the scent of blood was thick; she looked nothing like her usual refined and radiant self.

Traces of dragon meat remained between her lips and teeth.

Having personally slain the culprit of the Hundred Thousand Mountains and avenged her blood feud should have been a joyful occasion, but the Commandery Princess felt only pain and an unspeakable sorrow.

Wiping.

Rubbing.

Over and over, she rubbed her eyes with the back of her blood-stained hand.

She had to, she absolutely had to wipe away the tears.

She couldn't let Master see her looking so unsightly while crying.

It was simply too ugly.

The girl forced a smile, yet she couldn't wipe them clean no matter what. The void in her heart became even more apparent, not having been restored by the Azure Dragon's death.

In the end, only a blank face remained, tears falling silently.

"It's time to go…"

A strong wind rose, her black hair dancing in the air.

Beneath Wu Yingxue's feet lay the massive, winding corpse of the Azure Dragon. Warm blood flowed quietly, paving a bloody path forward for the young girl.

The young girl resumed her journey.

The person who could help her fill the void in her heart no longer existed.

But the girl's path—the path named Wu Yingxue—continued to extend forward.

She had to keep going.

To walk the path of life that the world's biggest fool had opened for her, and to do things within her power that she knew Xu Xi would smile and praise her for.

"Master, the world outside…"

"The demons have become more numerous…"

"And many people… are still going hungry…"

She spoke softly, words only she could hear.

The young girl stepped forward.

Treading through puddles of dragon blood and stepping onto the massive, eternally silent head of the dragon, she held her spear, its tip scraping against the dragon scales beneath her feet with a harsh, grating sound.

It was the sound of a struggle for survival.

…

The Azure Dragon was a unique creature of heaven and earth, with the cultivation of a Demon God. One could say that every part of the Azure Dragon was a treasure.

When the demon faction received the news and rushed to the battlefield as quickly as possible, all they saw was a vast wasteland soaked in dragon blood.

As for the rest.

Whether it was the Qiuhuo Army or the corpse of the Azure Dragon.

They had all long since disappeared.

"Presumptuous! A dragon must not be insulted!"

"How dare they! They deserve to die!!"

"This is utter irreverence! Even if those old fogies of the Human Race protect them, I will destroy their true spirits!"

The demons were exceptionally furious; even those not of the Dragon Clan showed immense rage.

Besides anger, there was also an indescribable terror mixed in.

It had only been a hundred years since the Qiuhuo Army appeared in the Wu Realm. If they could slay the Azure Dragon in a hundred years, what would they become after more time had passed?

At this thought.

The Demon Gods and Demon Saints present all felt a chilling sense of dread.

They made up their minds. Even if they had to face pressure from the Human Race and use Divided Souls to contend with other human experts, they would take action to completely annihilate the Qiuhuo Army.

Such a rapidly advancing human army.

Must absolutely not be allowed to remain!

…

The Demon Gods and Demon Saints began to act. Having once given up on targeting the Qiuhuo Army, they now returned with an even more violent stance.

They were incredibly frenzied, like hounds scenting blood.

Whenever the Qiuhuo Army appeared, they would rush there at top speed, attempting to form an encirclement and thoroughly slaughter the Qiuhuo Army led by Wu Yingxue.

But it was difficult.

Very difficult.

The human experts of the Wu Realm, upon noticing the movements of the demon faction, quickly stepped in to block them.

In this way, the pressure faced by the Qiuhuo Army was invisibly reduced by a great deal.

"Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!"

"Damned human livestock! How dare you wound me! How dare you!"

A Demon God pursued the Qiuhuo Army.

Only to be nearly killed by Wu Yingxue.

The path of seeking life was rugged and difficult to travel.

Wu Yingxue did not possess talent that even the heavens would envy.

Nor did she have an innate special Physique.

What she had was only the Persistence she learned from Xu Xi, and the "eating" for the sake of survival. Like a moth to a flame, she constantly flew toward the fire of "death".

Nirvana through fire, finding life in death.

The Human Immortal Inner World in the girl's heart integrated traits like "raging fire", "Persistence", and "devouring" into one.

Supplemented by the Cultivation Technique Xu Xi had custom-made for her.

She truly achieved sustaining war through war, growing stronger by "eating" battle.

"What doesn't kill me only makes me stronger!" Her spear swung horizontally, cracking the firmament. The spear was as fast as light and electricity, piercing the throat of a Roc Demon.

Like a broken sluice gate, the Roc Demon's blood sprayed out, splashing onto Wu Yingxue's back, but she remained silent, simply continuing forward.

The people of the Qiuhuo Army quickly stepped forward.

They skillfully processed the Roc Demon's flesh and blood.

Gradually, the demons of the Wu Realm realized something very terrifying.

Even though they were striving to hunt down the Qiuhuo Army, the army's numbers only grew as they fought, as if they were infinite.

What chilled the demons even more was the Qiuhuo Army's trend of devouring demons.

In the past, it was always the demons who devoured humans.

But now, the Qiuhuo Army led by Wu Yingxue devoured any edible demon with an even more frenzied attitude, all for the simple three words: "to stay alive".

That was a Persistence that demons could not understand.

They could only roar and surround and slaughter Wu Yingxue with even more madness.

During this time, Wu Yingxue was on the brink of death several times.

The commoners who had once followed her out of the mountains gradually vanished as time passed.

"Little Master Wu, I'm so sleepy…"

"We're going to slack off with the Great Master, haha…"

Wu Yingxue became solitary, leading a Qiuhuo Army that was both familiar and strange as she continued to slaughter demons.

The young girl never stopped.

Whenever she was exhausted and found it hard to go on.

There was always a gust of wind to help her forward, and always a bright star to guide her path.

Decades later, Wu Yingxue poured her heart and soul into perfectly combining the nameless Cultivation Technique gifted by Xu Xi with her own Inner World, her strength breaking the norms of a Human Immortal.

Over a hundred years later, Wu Yingxue stood at the Peak of the Human Immortal Realm. With her strength alone, she could suppress multiple Demon Gods.

A Demon Saint found an opportunity to strike, confident that he had killed Wu Yingxue.

But within a world-shaking pillar of fire that connected heaven and earth.

He saw Wu Yingxue unharmed, having made a Breakthrough to the Paramita Realm. Her Inner World evolved into multiples, and her Aura pierced through the Void Realm.

"The fleeting years pass as snow melts away; time slips by as spring turns to autumn."

"No longer fearing the howling wind and falling rain; though the fire consumes my body, the path is infinite."

After her lament.

The young girl raised her hand, condensing the power of heaven and earth into a spear, and casually stabbed the Golden Hou Demon Saint to death.