An Otherworldly Secret Path Paved with Supreme Divine Blood
"Why did you make me escort you?" Wang Xuan asked. He knew his own limitations; he was indeed very strong now, but the gap between him and this white-haired woman was obvious.
Even Shang Yi turned and ran away as soon as he saw them, showing no intention of fighting to the death.
"My body is injured and my strength is insufficient. I'm afraid I'll hinder your important matters," Wang Xuan added.
"You are too modest. Myths have declined, and the realms of Supernatural Practitioner all over the world have generally plummeted. Many have even died as a result, unable to withstand this upheaval. Although your foundation was taken away, your realm has not dropped, and you have not been greatly affected. This in itself is enough to explain the situation."
The white-haired woman's eyes shone with intense light, as if she were quite expectant.
She was telling the truth; the Supernatural Practitioner today are in a pitiful state, having experienced a bloodbath that is no less severe than the worst.
Many of the Transcendent Immortals perished tragically during the dramatic changes in the environment, and even the high and mighty gods perished, falling from the "heaven" to the "hell" in a single day, their very essence shattered.
"The place I'm going to is very special. My existing cultivation and the fruits of my practice in this world may not be of any use," she said, pointing out the crux of the problem.
"If you can save her, senior, I'm willing to go with you." Wang Xuan said. He had no choice now; if he delayed any longer, the Sword Immortal would surely die.
"Let me try to rekindle the flame of the extraordinary," the white-haired woman said solemnly. She waved her wide sleeves, brushing aside the pond-sized embers to reveal some Star Fragments that were not completely burned and still contained mysterious power.
She gathered the Star Remnants together, sprinkled a few drops of her own blood essence, then her brow glowed, revealing the remaining fragments of the Supreme Rule. With a hiss, she ignited the blood essence and let it fall onto the Star Remnants.
A tiny flame flickered up and ignited, radiating a distinctly Supernatural Power. Although the flame was very weak, just a small ball, it still illuminated the world inside the bottle.
"Bear... I feel that the dust in my heart has lessened, and it's brighter." The Mechanical Xiao spoke first, bewildered, instinctively feeling that this light made it happy and joyful.
Jiang Qingyao underwent a transformation. Her bones, which had been severed by the sword light, her tattered internal organs, and her shattered primordial spirit were all being nourished by celestial medicine, silver substance, and Spirit Blood.
The local myth seemed to have come true again, and those strange objects once more possessed the power to bring the dead back to life, able to pull people back from the dead.
However, as the life force within her increased, the positive changes slowed down slightly. This is understandable; after all, it wasn't a return from the Supernatural World, but rather the afterglow of a myth recreated by white-haired woman.
"I only have half a day to live. After I die, the embers will continue to burn for another half day. If she hasn't woken up by then, she'll have to rely on the Nurturing Life Furnace," the woman told us.
"If you successfully reach your destination and survive, will this flame continue to burn?" Wang Xuan asked. If so, he would really have to protect you with all his might.
The white-haired woman shook her head and said, "You're overthinking it. I don't want to deceive you. Even if I were alive, this flame would only burn for one more night."
The more she said this, the more believable Wang Xuan found it. Even if it meant spending another night, it was worth it for him to do his best to escort her on her journey.
At this moment, Wang Xuan's bones crackled and popped as they slowly mended themselves. His primordial spirit shone brightly, dispelling the decaying aura, and his condition began to improve.
Within his body, a healing secret method recorded in the Supreme Scriptures on the stone tablet took effect. With a slight circulation, his whole body glowed, and his primordial spirit resonated.
He tried to use this secret method to help Jiang Qingyao guide the flow of Supernatural Power, but he found that it was not very effective, mainly because her origin had been torn apart.
It is better to nourish the body with celestial medicine and Spirit Blood than to circulate such Supreme Scriptures. It takes time to heal the body's origin and restore the fractured life force.
"We should get going, I don't have much time left," the white-haired woman reminded her. She only had less than half a day left. She took one last look at the place and then looked up at the world outside the bottle.
With the blessing of fragments of the Supreme Rule, her gaze pierced through the spaceship outside the bottle, looking towards the cosmos. With some lingering attachment, she finally turned around resolutely, for she was leaving this world!
Wang Xuan followed her on her way, heading towards an area where the Fire Ember could no longer reach. After walking for a while, they entered that distorted space.
Along the way, she collected the crimson blood on the ground, some of it her own, and some left by others.
Upon entering the distorted space, Wang Xuan's senses became abnormal, as if they were distorted. He heard all sorts of strange sounds and saw many inexplicable sights.
"Keep your mind at ease, ignore the scenery outside. Everything is an illusion. Only the path beneath your feet is real. We are about to embark on a secret path," the white-haired woman solemnly reminded her.
In the distorted spacetime, various monsters vaguely appeared, and even they were deformed, some as thin as paper, some as huge as stars, and when they moved, their pupils were like meteors streaking across the night sky.
There are also some plants, each blade of grass more magnificent than a Great Star, with roots piercing through planets, and strange fish swimming by in the dark Great Universe.
A bizarre and grotesque scene, numerous chanting sounds like demonic chants, and the words of various creatures all rushed in at once.
Wang Xuan felt that nothing was more suitable for this place than the scripture recorded on a dry, yellowed page. Although he jokingly called it the Great Law of Mental Illness, it had an extremely important origin.
It actually emphasizes the idea of Only I am True, Only One, and one, and is unfathomable. Even the second most precious treasure in the past, the Sky-Veiling Mirror, was made using this scripture.
Ahead, in the distorted spacetime, a visible path appears, paved with Supernatural Star Fragment, one after another, each independent, leading to the endless void. But they now lack Supernatural Radiation, because even so-called Super Material is nearly silent in the face of the Great Universe Error Correction.
These Star Remnants and bonfires, which once burned materials of the same origin, have somehow paved a road here, leading to somewhere.
"This is the path that we and others painstakingly established, paving the way for Supernatural Star. We risked our lives to reach the end, but we still couldn't open the final path and had to return empty-handed." The white-haired woman sighed, filled with resentment.
She told Wang Xuan that the road was not dangerous, but that his cultivation and spiritual attainment would become abnormal only when he was close to his destination.
The surroundings were dark and deep, as if I had entered deep space. The spacetime nearby was still distorted, and various monsters and bizarre, blurry scenes appeared.
"Times have changed. Myths have decayed. At the end of this road, there may be a glimmer of hope that can be broken through. I will try one last time."
Clearly, even she herself lacked confidence; this was merely the last struggle in her life, a hope to forge a new path.
Success means survival. Failure means certain death at the end of the road.
"What about those five seniors? Will they come back? Don't they want to give it one last try? Joining forces is always better than one person's strength," Wang Xuan asked.
"They can't come back. They've long since given up on this path. They'll probably die out there. Judging by the time, it's about time. With all the fighting, they've probably already faded away." She said calmly. At her level, having experienced countless years, she had become indifferent even to the death of her friends.
In fact, she gained a lot and lost a lot along the way to get to this point. Those people and events in the mortal world and the immortal realm have become ripples in her memory, flowing away calmly into the distance.
In the universe, Shang Yi, holding the Ascension Banner, roared and swung it down with all his might, causing his Inner Scenery Realm to self-destruct. Combined with the power of the supreme treasure, this caused the space to collapse.
In this era, where the Rule Aftermath is becoming increasingly difficult to discern, the three men and two women were indeed severely injured. They were already destined to die today, and their continuous use of various methods had left them at their limit.
Thump!
A tremendous explosion occurred in this area, with the blood of supreme immortals and gods splattering everywhere!
In the distance, the Shadow couple, the two founders of the Supernatural Palace and the Gouchen Imperial Palace, and experts from Buddhist and Taoist families are rushing to the place where Wang Xuan disappeared.
Armed with their Super Peerless treasures, the Shadow couple split up. Initially, they were traveling on the Carefree Boat, but after the collapse of Great Barrier and the complete extinguishing of the Immortal Realm, they had no choice but to rush to the nearest habitable planet and board a spaceship.
When the era of complete decay of the extraordinary arrived, even though they had accumulated enough Super Material in advance and There Are Supreme Treasures, they dared not squander it recklessly.
Even someone as powerful as them has to prepare for winter. This era is destined to be difficult, and as time goes by, even with There Are Supreme Treasures in hand, they might still lose their cultivation level.
"Where is he? Wang Xuan!" The Shadow couple stood anxiously on the spaceship, scanning the blood-stained battlefield, but they did not find the person they wanted to see.
"Shang Yi, I'm going to kill you!" The two of them regarded Wang Xuan as a son, and they were heartbroken at this moment, realizing that they were too late.
"On the other Fang Yuzhu and the Super Peerless in the Life Pool are chasing after Shang Yi. They have already killed him three times, but he has resurrected him each time with the Golden Cicada Shell Shedding Art and the Ascension Divine Butterfly Technique. Now, the myth has suddenly collapsed. Under the annihilation of the extraordinary, he should have no means of resurrection."
"I hope we can kill him, but I'm afraid he'll be focused on escaping and it will be difficult to stop him."
Shortly afterward, they received a signal from other spaceships that a mothership had exploded in the distance, suspected to have been detonated by Shang Yi, who was holding the Ascension Banner.
"Let's go take a look!" They quickly set sail and left the area.
Wang Xuan and the white-haired woman set off, with Supernatural Star Fragment spreading out in the void at intervals between them. Upon closer inspection, they were all stained with blood, leading to the outer reaches of the universe.
"Whose blood?" he asked in surprise; it was a blood-stained road.
"My blood and the blood of several others," the woman said, her brow glowing as fragments of Supreme Rule appeared, igniting the blood with a hiss and setting the Supernatural Star Fragment ablaze.
They leaped up, traversing the void, each time landing on a stone slab polished from Supernatural Star Fragment. Blood mingled with firelight, reflecting their figures as the two rushed forward.
Without a doubt, that was an extraordinary flame, and also the last Supernatural Radiation Path in the Current Era, where the white-haired woman was pursuing her final dream in the apocalypse.
The surroundings were dark and deep, like being in Great Universe where time and space were still distorted, and various unusual sights appeared from time to time, disturbing one's mind.
Wang Xuan saw huge, withered yellow leaves falling in the distorted universe, crushing a life-bearing planet.
There were also Spaceship Wreckage floating around, and the giant feet of mysterious creatures crushing a piece of starry sky, obscuring the full appearance of that being.
"Senior, after the collapse of the myth, is this the only path to continue pursuing the extraordinary?" Wang Xuan asked on the road.
"For me, this is the only path left. For outsiders, there are other paths that, though seemingly hopeless, are worth trying."
"What other path is there?" Wang Xuan perked up. The future was inevitable, and if he could learn some secrets from a supreme expert, he would naturally avoid many detours.
"One path is to follow the trail of the departing Supernatural Light Sea, try to locate the final place of disappearance, and see if you have the courage to leap into the Life and Death Road torn open by the Supernatural Light Sea Aftermath."
"There is another path: to go to the Heavenly Medicine Birthplace and break through to the Highest Mental World. There may be an opportunity there, but no one has ever succeeded."
"In addition, going to the Great Universe where some of the ghosts were located is also an option, but even the ghosts themselves can't go back."
"And this is the only path I can take: the path of extraordinary meteor radiation."
She actually mentioned four roads in one go!
Wang Xuan was lost in thought. Were these paths of seeking truth the last remaining way out?
"Senior, why can't you take the other three paths? What is your background and that of the other five people?" He finally couldn't help but ask this question.
"We were once Super Peerless. Whether you call it luck or misfortune, we each merged with a Great Barrier, which can be considered a different kind of Dao attainment. I merged with the Supreme Rule, and although I gained extraordinary power, when the immortal realm is extinguished and the Great Barrier collapses, it will be almost the time of our death. Therefore, today we are going to perish." The woman did not hide anything and actually said such words!
Wang Xuan was shocked; he never expected that the six people had such a background!
"We're almost there." Half a day later, they approached their destination, following the path paved with blood-stained Supernatural Star Fragment.
The woman lit the last of her extraordinary flames along the way, and sighed, "I have a premonition that I will eventually be defeated and die at the end. This flame can burn for a day. If I die tragically, you can immediately return along the same path and return to the present world."