Chapter 362

But seeing the gazes of Saintess Aikelisi and Saintess Censeer, Saintess Sikepeier finally nodded. Divine Power gathered at her heart, and then, a drop of deep, dark venom fell, merging into the waves…

Chapter 468: Daughter, your husband looks…

Pei Yuhan transformed into a streak of Sword light, her dress fluttering as she tore through the Void Realm. The long Sword in her hand stirred up ripples, and after trading a few blows with Sword, she suddenly halted her figure.

Her expression was cold and aloof, her skirt hem moving without wind. She held her long Sword high, and with a slight shake of the blade, a brilliant Sword light rose up.

Within the light and shadow, it seemed as if all living beings of the world were present. Opposite her, Sword also took a step, its pupils reflecting countless figures—these were the Origins of the living beings it had integrated into its shell and Soul.

Pei Yuhan brought her long Sword down, the Sword light crashing down instantly. Sword was completely fearless; it leaped up, becoming the Sword itself, and in a ten-thousandth of a second, collided with the Sword light…

After the light condensed for a moment, it violently expanded. Though silent, it caused wave after wave of ripples to spread through the Void Realm, making even the barriers of the Three Realms tremble from the impact.

Pei Yuhan landed beside Lin Yi, her gaze turning toward the point of collision. As the light dissipated, Sword was still standing at the center, though half of its body was gone.

But for it, these were not serious injuries, and within the time it took to breathe, it had recovered.

On the other side, Lu Jiajing flicked her finger to form a Dharma seal and threw out the long Sword in her hand. She took a light step, and ten thousand green lotuses bloomed in the Void Realm, manifesting a miraculous vision.

Di was completely fearless. Reaching out, the power of Luck gathered, instantly transforming into a Divine Kingdom behind it, where its former subjects moved about.

It used its body as a country, merging the multitude into one; every movement carried the power of all living beings.

Di raised its hand, and the Divine Kingdom behind it rose like a great sun, radiating immeasurable divine light. Finally, with a thought, the Divine Kingdom descended toward Lu Jiajing.

Lu Jiajing's expression was calm. She raised her Sword finger, and the vision of green lotuses dissipated, leaving only a single green lotus surrounding her, transforming into a massive barrier that stood before the descending Divine Kingdom.

The two collided, and the spiritual power suddenly collapsed. The Void Realm was swept clean as endless light and heat radiated outward.

Ignoring the mutual crushing before her, Lu Jiajing's pupils brightened slightly. The Sword she had thrown out earlier tore through the Void Realm and landed behind Di.

Sword light flickered on the blade as it struck straight down at Di!

Di seemed not to have reacted, allowing the blade to slice through its shell. Then, under Lu Jiajing's will, the Sword began to self-destruct…

The Divine Kingdom before Lu Jiajing dissipated, but the lotus barrier remained standing; the fluctuations from the self-destruction did not affect her in the slightest.

Yet when the self-destruction ceased and the light and heat dispersed, Di was still standing in the Void Realm, looking somewhat disheveled.

But those injuries had already recovered in the blink of an eye.

Lu Jiajing landed beside Lin Yi and shook her head slightly. If they wanted to, they could fight like this for thousands of years, with neither able to do anything to the other.

This was one of the reasons why Sword and Di had not evaded.

"Let me handle this."

Lin Yi spoke.

Pei Yuhan and Lu Jiajing nodded. They had fought and tested their own strength; they didn't mind if they weren't the ones to finish it.

They had long since passed the age of building their Dao Heart and engaging in petty rivalries.

Lin Yi reached out. Pei Yuhan and Lu Jiajing did not resist, allowing him to extract their Dao positions.

Two distinct Dao positions flew out from between their brows, appearing before Lin Yi, and then merged into his brow one after another.

The intricate Dao patterns on Lin Yi's brow became even more complex under the Fusion of [Master of the World] and [Yujing Sheng].

At this moment, Lin Yi already possessed eight Dao positions.

He took a step and landed before Sword and Di. The two of them were silent.

"Is this power of the fused Dao position… the hope that Xi spoke of?"

Sword suddenly asked.

Lin Yi shook his head. The hope that Xi saw was more likely the special Physique he possessed, which could expel the Inner World. That was why he could be certain that everything Xi did was for the sake of his proving the Dao.

After all, the special Physique had already been activated long ago. If He had been after his Physique, He could have come to him much earlier, when he was still weak.

Instead of waiting until he had fully matured before bringing people to find him at this moment.

"No, this is just a special Dao position."

Lin Yi picked up Sword.

"So that is how it is…"

Sword nodded.

"But that kind of power… it exists, right?"

Di asked, "The crisis He saw, the world dying—that is also true, right?"

This time, Lin Yi nodded.

Di finally smiled. It had confirmed certain things through Lin Yi's expression.

"That means that even without carrying out Xi's plan, you are still able to use those powers to save this world."

Although Di used a declarative sentence rather than a question, Lin Yi still nodded.

"I see…"

Sword also laughed, "Then He can rest assured."

Death was not something difficult for them to accept.

After agreeing to Xi's request, they no longer cared about such things; they only wanted this world to continue living.

Di was an emperor ruled by the masses. It had refined its own Divine Kingdom, but in doing so, it had also erased itself. The Master of this body was the will of the people.

As for Sword, there was even less to say. In the tens of thousands of years of slaughter and wandering, its own will had long been incinerated. What allowed it to still walk here now was precisely the desire to save the world.

And now, this desire had been fulfilled.

"Come, let us see once more whether you truly have the ability to bring salvation to this world!"

Di took a step, and a Divine Kingdom emerged with a roar. Its body dispersed, its Soul disintegrated, and a crown named Dao Position rose, landing on the head of the heroic Divine Emperor within the Divine Kingdom.

"As a tool, it is time to meet my end."

Sword reached out, and in its palm, a long Sword slowly emerged, while its own figure began to fade.

Lin Yi raised Sword. Centered on [Yin-Yang Union], seven different Dao position powers swirled upon it.

"I will save this world. This does not require your acknowledgement. Even for their sake, for His sake, I will not stop."

Lin Yi did not intend to hold back; his greatest respect was to use this strike to grant Sword and Di an honorable death.

They no longer had the desire to live; their wills had long since dissipated. They only remained alive because they had been endowed with the meaning of salvation.

Moreover… the sins of the Time Holy Court over these countless years also needed to be settled. The three of them—Xi, Sword, and Di—could not be forgiven.

Even if they chose to cause countless tragedies in order to save this world, the tragedies had occurred, and they needed to atone for them.

Not to mention… they had actually laid hands on those around him. Lin Yi had always been someone who protected his own.

Back then, for his Master and Junior Sister, he dared to force Su Lingshu. Now, for them, he would not be stingy with his power.

He would use absolute power to completely eradicate them!

Lin Yi said nothing, only channeling all his power into Sword.

Power of the four Dao Trees, come!

Power of the Qiongming Domain, open!

Cloud Top Immortal Palace, maximum output!

Creation Realm, suppress them!

Within the Creation Realm, Pei Yuhan and the others returned to their positions. Under his will, they stabilized the Void Realm, thousands of Essence of Reason wrapping around the eight Dao positions, swirling upon Sword.

Lin Yi felt his cultivation increasing rapidly, doubling, surging!!

Lin Yi swung his Sword down. Sword and Di simultaneously pushed their long Swords forward, and the Divine Kingdom crashed down. A moment later, the two sides connected and clashed…

Then, time began to twist, and space began to fluctuate. It was unknown how much time had passed—perhaps ten thousand years, perhaps an instant…

Lin Yi's Sword light destroyed the opponent's Sword edge and Divine Kingdom with irresistible force, then enveloped Sword and Di within it!

The eight Dao positions flew out, suppressing the two. In the Sword light, both were completely torn to nothingness; not only their bodies but even their pale Souls were evaporated.

And those two Dao positions, stained with pain and sin, quietly dissipated, returning once more into the Great Dao.

Seeing Di and Sword die, Lin Yi lowered Sword, and the eight Dao positions returned to their respective bodies.

The branches of the four Dao Trees behind him retracted. The Three Realms remained stable, slowly rotating in the Void Realm.

Lin Yi gazed for a long time, shook his head gently, and turned to walk toward the Immortal Realm.

…In the Immortal Realm, General Xianhe and Chang Yi had lost specific news of the outside world days ago.

But they still remembered that terrifying scene: several Dao Lords descending, and ten thousand great cultivators, not inferior to them, standing in the air.

Just their Aura was enough to leave them frozen in place.

And now, days had passed, but the youth who had stood before the Immortal Realm, bearing that terrifying Aura alone, had still not returned.

Although in a sense, those great cultivators had not appeared either, which was good news—it meant the situation had not headed in the most unacceptable direction.

But they were still worried from the bottom of their hearts.

"What is the answer from Jiuku in the Netherworld?"

General Xianhe asked the young officer beside him.

"Demon Venerable Jiuku is willing to surrender. She has only one condition: she hopes we will not vent our anger on her daughter and her disciple."

The young officer replied.

"What about herself?"

Chang Yi asked from the side.

"None. Regarding herself, she did not put forward any conditions."

The young officer shook his head.

"Very well, we agree."

General Xianhe nodded. He knew who Jiuku's so-called daughter and disciple were—weren't they just the two Origins she had split from herself?

Was she trying to achieve Rebirth through this method? Or did she have some new scheme?

However, it didn't matter. Those two were with the Emperor, and he only needed to inform the Emperor of this matter.

The Emperor would make his own decision. The most important thing now was to let the Netherworld be liberated peacefully and avoid any further unnecessary war.

"General Xianhe—"

Chang Yi wanted to say something, but General Xianhe merely shook his head, and Chang Yi closed her mouth.

She was also one of the captives, and it was only because of her relationship with Xiao Xiyue that she was able to stand here.

She appeared to have been released, but she needed to understand her status; she did not want to make Fairy Yue feel uncomfortable.

The young officer left to relay General Xianhe's response back to Qin Honglian and Laughing Wine Immortal on the front lines of the Netherworld.

"That is Jiuku's…"

Seeing the young officer leave, Chang Yi still wanted to persuade him. She thought General Xianhe did not understand Jiuku's intentions—wasn't this just letting Jiuku escape?

"It is nothing."

General Xianhe shook his head.

"What do you mean, nothing?"

A voice that felt unfamiliar to Chang Yi sounded, yet inexplicably, she also felt it was somewhat familiar, as if she had heard it not long ago.

Before she could even become vigilant, she saw General Xianhe reveal a look of pleasant surprise.

"Emperor! You have returned?!"

General Xianhe bowed to Lin Yi, who had appeared in the Void Realm.

Lin Yi waved his hand, signaling that it was unnecessary. He glanced at Chang Yi beside them; he had an impression of her. "This must be Fellow Daoist Chang Yi, right?"

"I dare not be called Fellow Daoist, Senior."

Chang Yi performed a bow of a Junior.

Although her age was far, far greater than Lin Yi's, in the world of cultivation, the capable are honored. Lin Yi's cultivation far exceeded hers, so she had to treat him with the respect of a Junior.