Bewitched!

"Boom!"

A tremendous sound reverberated through Donglin, and scattered, violent Spiritual Power crackled through the night sky like electromagnetic waves.

A sword swung across.

Perhaps even Mo Xiaoye hadn't come to her senses why she had lost before the giant red wave swallowed Mo Xiaoye up.

At the same time, just as Jiang Lin was about to explode and die (although Jiang Lin didn't care), a gentle breeze brushed against his face, and the blood in Jiang Lin's body that was about to collapse slowly calmed down.

Similarly, the black fox, who was about to perish amidst the waves of the Divergence Sword's energy, barely managed to maintain its form.

The enormous Eight-Tailed Black Fox, smoking as if charred, plummeted from the ground and crashed heavily to the earth.

The red blood flowing on the ground of Donglin City slowly disappeared.

The Blood Name Array barrier covering Donglin City also shattered like glass, turning into countless fragments of Spiritual Power that dissipated into the air.

"Master Kong..."

Brother Jiang...

Kong Ba Ba bowed respectfully to Jiang Lin.

Standing still, Jiang Lin was genuinely surprised by Kong Ba Ba's appearance in Donglin City.

However, when Jiang Lin recalled the Fox Demon mentioning a scholar, he suddenly seemed to understand something!

Could this guy be the "Ning Caichen" of the cultivation world?

"Kong Yu Ge! You finally... came after all..."

Behind Kong Ba Ba, unable to maintain her enormous size but unwilling to transform into Little Fox Mo Xiaoye used her last bit of Spiritual Power to transform into human form and lay on the ground.

Although Kong Ba Ba did her best to maintain her final form, the Blood Name Array imprinted in her body had been destroyed.

As expected, the backlash from the Blood Name Array and the suppression from the Great Dao will completely destroy her divine form, and she may even be unable to reincarnate.

Kong Ba Ba turned around and looked at the woman in the black dress lying on the ground.

Although her face was pale, she wore light red makeup, and her black dress was slightly torn, revealing a bit of her white skin, yet she still looked beautiful.

Walking to Black Fox's side, Kong Ba Ba slowly squatted down and hugged the Black Fox in his arms.

Mo Xiaoye struggled a few times, not wanting him to touch her, but she had little strength left, and her so-called struggle was nothing more than a coquettish act.

Finally, Mo Xiaoye gave up resisting in his arms and Jing Jing looked at him.

Looking at the woman in his arms, Kong Ba Ba shook his head. "My name is not Kong Yu Ge."

"Oh? What's your name now? The Kong Yuyue from your previous life?"

"It's not called that either."

Holding the woman in his arms, Kong Ba Ba spoke slowly.

"Or... call me Daddy..."

"... Kong Ba Ba? Hehehe... Kong Ba Ba..."

The woman in Kong Ba Ba's arms was taken aback at first, then burst into laughter.

"It's not that funny..." Kong Ba Ba's face turned somewhat embarrassed.

"Hmm..." The woman in Kong Ba Ba's arms looked at him gently, "It's not that funny."

Then why are you laughing?

"Because I want to laugh."

Watching their tender gazes and their melodramatic conversation, which resembled something out of a melodramatic romance drama, Jiang Lin Jiang Lin like he was being slapped in the face with icy, unfiltered dog food...

It's like watching "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" over there:

Do you love me?

"I love you."

How much do you love me?

I love you very much.

"How much do you really love me?"

Before he knew it, Jiang Lin had already gotten goosebumps.

However, Jiang Lin still silently took out sunflower seeds from his Storage Bag.

Kong Ba Ba looked at Mo Xiaoye and sighed softly, "Why bother?"

Mo Xiaoye blinked at Kong Ba Ba: "What do you think?"

"Even if you sacrificed the lives of three million to find me, so what? You will ultimately be devoured by the Blood Name Array, and even the Great Dao cannot tolerate..."

You are my guiding principle.

Before Kong Ba Ba could finish speaking, Mo Xiaoye interrupted him.

Her gaze remained fixed on Kong Ba Ba, her eyes filled with tenderness.

It's hard to imagine that just a short while ago, she was still fighting and killing the Eight-Tailed Black Fox.

Right now, she's just an ordinary girl who only wants to lie quietly in the arms of the person she loves until she dies...

The two looked at each other, remaining silent.

After a long while, the Woman in Black Dress trembled as she reached out and touched his cheek, her voice growing increasingly weak:

"Do you know what I was originally thinking? I wanted to activate the Blood Name Array, I wanted three million people to sacrifice themselves because of you, and I wanted to appear before you when I was finally devoured and died!"

Finally, I want you to remember me forever! Never forget me for all eternity! Even if I become a source of eternal pain in your heart, I will still live on in yours!

The scholar shook his head. "Why bother?"

"Why bother?" The Woman in Black Dress shook her head, her eyes crinkling into beautiful crescent moons with delight. "Because I like you, and the fox clan's affection is just so irrational..."

The woman in the scholar's arms was like a piece of porcelain pieced together from fragments, her body riddled with cracks, as if she would shatter at the slightest touch, and the flow of Spiritual Power within her body had almost ceased...

"Hey... poor scholar... you really... never liked me...?"

"Ping..."

Like porcelain shattering on the ground, the woman in the scholar's arms instantly broke into countless points of light, scattering into the night sky like fireflies surrounding him...

Thousands of points of light slowly rose into the sky...

In an instant, dark clouds gathered over Donglin City, lightning flashed and thunder roared in the night sky, and a torrent of Spiritual Power slowly gathered above Donglin City.

This is divine retribution.

After a cultivator dies, most of them can transform into Spiritual Power and return to nature, just as the poets say, "Turning into spring mud to nourish the flowers."

However, the Demon Race World has its Demon Race World way, the Buddha Lotus Buddha Lotus Land has its own way, the Daoist realm has its own way, and even the legendary Extraterrestrial Demon have their own way.

Even each cultivator has their own path.

And within this Vast and Righteous World comprised of Nine Continents, there exists its own way.

Without rules, nothing can be accomplished. The Confucian sage established countless rules across the Nine Continents. In this Vast and Righteous World led by Confucianism, these rules have subtly merged with the Great Dao.

The Blood Name Array might not incur divine punishment in the Demon Race World, and it seems unlikely to do so in the realm beyond human understanding either.

However, in the Vast and Righteous World, such a formation that sacrifices millions of innocent people touches upon the principles of the Vast and Righteous World.

"Brother Jiang, I have some things I might need to take care of. Could you wait a moment and we can have breakfast together?"

Turning his gaze away from the sky, Kong Ba Ba bowed to Jiang Lin.

Jiang Lin cracked open a sunflower seed. "What kind of breakfast is this? With Donglin City like this, who would dare to go out in the morning?"

"Oh, you're mistaken. How about I make a bet with Brother Jiang? What if there's breakfast included?"

"Then I'll invite you to the Spring Breeze Pavilion."

"Haha, a gentleman's word is his bond..."

Jiang Lin spat out some sunflower seed shells. "A promise is a promise."

Kong Ba Ba bowed again and ascended towards the patches of thunderclouds as if climbing stairs.

"Tsk... looks like I got scammed."

Looking at Kong Ba Ba, Jiang Lin leaned against a pillar, a slight smile playing on his lips...

In the sky, the figure in the green robe came to a stop.

With a wave of his long sleeves, the gentle breeze from his sleeves slowly gathered the Spiritual Power energy points that were trembling due to the thunder, eventually forming the vague shape of a cute Xiao Hei fox.

At the same time.

In the Linhai Academy in the western coastal area of Wutong Province, an old man who was lying on his desk slowly opened his eyes. He wiped his drool and cursed under his breath.

On White Deer Peak in eastern Wutong Province, an old man who had been lying by the river with his beard constantly being bitten by a white deer yawned, muttered curses, and scratched his feet. "This is truly unbelievable."

In the southern part of Wutong Province, an old man lying on his bed in the academy suddenly fell off the bed with a "plop," rubbing his aching back with a "ouch."

In Wutong Province, northern Wutong Prefecture, a little girl kept shaking an old man's shoulders until she finally woke him up.

In a school in the central part of Wutong Province, but a thousand miles away from Donglin City, an old man angrily slammed his hand on the table, flung his sleeves, and stood in front of the gate.

"Kong Shusheng! How dare you!"

Above Donglin City, five Dharma images appeared, their voices like thunder!

"Greetings, esteemed seniors." Kong Ba Ba bowed respectfully to the Dharma image in the air.

"This fox has activated an evil formation; whatever the consequences, it will bear the consequences itself—that's the rule!"

Kong Ba Ba placed the Xiao Hei fox, formed from Spiritual Power, into his bosom:

"The Blood Name Array is indeed an evil array, but it was caused by a junior. The junior has a responsibility and is willing to bear it for Mo Xiaoye. I only hope that she can be reincarnated and start over."

If there is any cause and effect, it is my own fault. Besides, aside from the lives of cultivators (cultivation is inherently against the will of Heaven; on the path of cultivation, regardless of the reason, one bears the responsibility for life and death), I will also heal the ordinary people who died tonight!

"Nonsense! Reversing Yin and Yang! This involves life and death! Even Yin Yang School cultivators wouldn't dare to do this! Do you know what you're doing?!"

Kong Ba Ba scratched his nose somewhat embarrassedly. "Hehehe, going against the heavens."

"You!!!"

An elderly man with a white beard was so angry that he trembled all over, wishing he could kick him!

Another old man slowly spoke, "Young brother, why bother... why obstruct your own path to enlightenment?"

Kong Ba Ba glanced at the black fox in his arms, smiled slightly, and raised his head. "I've figured out my own path."

"Bewitched!"

The old man who had been questioning them fell silent, and with a look of exasperation, he flicked his sleeve, and the image of the Buddha slowly disappeared.

The other old men also shook their heads with varying expressions, said nothing more, and then disappeared.

The moment the Dharma forms vanished, the Thunder Dragon formed from rolling heavenly thunder continued to spiral and expand, and the lightning illuminating the entire night sky seemed to devour the whole world.

The black fox, formed from concentrated Spiritual Power, curled up in the scholar's arms, its body trembling incessantly...

"Don't be afraid... it'll be alright... I told you... Daddy's here for you..."

The scholar gently comforted her in his arms, his eyes tender, seemingly lost in thought...

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the Thunder Dragon and lightning tribulations crashed down one after another...

"Damn it, I knew that apart from Master, there aren't many normal people in the Sun Moon Sect..."

Looking at the man in the air, Jiang Lin gave a cursing laugh...

Exhausted by the Divergence Sword and then forcibly spared his life by Kong Ba Ba, he slowly closed his eyes with a smile.

That night...

Jiang Lin peacefully...

Although,

The thunder was a bit loud...