Rage

"Heartfast has activated for the second time."

Chen Xuan froze. Following the Black Cat's gaze, he saw that monstrous, sinister giant suspected to be the Six Desires Heaven writhing in the darkness beneath the distant night sky, its enormous shadowy outline twisting and crawling.

It was not very far away—only a few miles, with several mountain ridges between them.

Yan Yushu had probably fled here after fighting her way through... But why had the Six Desires Heaven suddenly descended? Was she no longer running?

"Boom!"

Chen Xuan seemed to hear a series of heartbeats like the Bronze Bell and Great Chime, pounding loudly. They crossed the boundary between antiquity and reality, traversed the distance of time and space, and crashed into his mind one after another, inexplicably stirring a trace of dread in his heart.

"Should we go take a look?"

Chen Xuan hesitated for a moment, then his consciousness automatically detached from the Black Cat and drifted over in that direction.

Heartfast was on an extremely high level, far beyond the Yellow Millet Dream. Even the transcendent Small Underworld could not detect Heartfast's existence. There was no reason to fear a mere Six Desires Heaven.

"There's no danger."

"I hope I can pick up another priceless treasure from it, like I did from the Yellow Millet Dream..."

Six Desires Heaven.

Countless resplendent palaces and temples were borne aloft by layers of dark clouds high in the sky. Heavenly mist swirled, dark-red lightning slurry churned beneath the clouds, and torrential rain poured down like a waterfall.

"So this is what the Six Desires Heaven looks like?"

Chen Xuan's soul-body appeared and landed atop a thirty-six-petaled lotus. The Lotus Platform was as vast as a plaza.

An endless black lake stretched out before him. The Lotus Platform was like a solitary island suspended above its surface.

He raised his head and looked up, then was instantly so horrified that he did not dare move.

In the dim gloom of wind and rain, enormous figures as towering as mountains emerged within his field of vision. They sat astride white elephants, held giant hammers, wore necklaces of skulls, and had eyes like crimson moons. Their solemn, majestic appearances were like those of gods.

"They... are looking at me..."

Chen Xuan's hair stood on end. His tiny body, as insignificant as an ant, was surrounded by these colossal figures that reached the heavens and earth.

"Are these the Six Desires Heaven Four Heavenly Kings recorded in the ancient Buddhist texts...?"

The four figures stood before, behind, to the left, and to the right, blotting out the sky and sun, with parts of their bodies hidden within the layers of dark clouds.

Perhaps because Chen Xuan was too tiny, they had no choice but to bend down. Their heads pressed together like children watching ants, their round, bulging eyes staring fixedly at Chen Xuan.

Their faces were indistinct, seeming both Buddha and demon. They appeared to be close at hand, yet also as far away as the ends of the earth.

Their four pairs of eyes were blood-black, like blood moons hanging in the sky. An ancient, boundless aura poured down along their gazes as they looked down upon him... Their majesty was brought to the utmost, their holiness beyond words.

"..."

Chen Xuan's hair stood on end. He had never expected to find himself in such a terrifying scene the moment he descended into the Six Desires Heaven!

"Did they mistake me for a delicious pastry on the Lotus Platform?"

Was the Six Desires Heaven really this overwhelming? Even Heartfast was no match for it? Had he been targeted the moment he entered?

No!

They were not looking at me!

I was not the delicious pastry they had their eyes on!

Chen Xuan's heart jolted. He suddenly realized that the enormous gray-white figures, resembling stone statues and sculptures, radiating a deathly aura, were not looking at him at all. Their gazes were directed behind him.

"Is there something hidden behind me?"

Chen Xuan frowned, then prepared to control his soul-body and look behind him.

A woman's suppressed breathing sounded beside his ear, making his mouth go dry.

"Whoosh!"

Just as Chen Xuan was about to turn around, a soft, sweet body suddenly pressed against his back. A boneless arm wrapped around his waist and abdomen. Her orchid-and-musk fragrance poured into his neck, while a wet, soft, and slick sensation pressed against his throat, making his scalp prickle.

"Give me..."

The alluring voice was enough to set a person's desire ablaze and leave him utterly unable to control himself!

Chen Xuan's body suddenly tensed. His blood and qi surged as he clenched his fists, his veins standing out.

Yan Yushu!

Beneath the tree.

Yan Ruyu's eyes were hazy with desire, her jade cheeks flushed. She raised her snow-white, slender neck, and beads of hot sweat slid down into the graceful hollow below.

Her red lips parted slightly as suppressed, painful sounds came from her throat.

"Don't..."

"Bang!"

Chen Xuan's brows knitted tightly. He seized the snow-white arm around his waist. With rough, savage force, he ripped the woman's soft, snake-like body away and flung it into the air before him. Then, toward the ground—

He smashed her down hard.

"Get lost!"

His voice rang out like thunder, reverberating through the heavens.

Chen Xuan's brows stood sharply upright, fury surging like a tide within his eyes.

He gripped that delicate, fragile jade arm, which bruised purple at the slightest touch. Swinging the half-dressed, perfectly curved body through the air, he slammed it viciously against the hard ground several times.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

He lifted her again and continued smashing her down several more times.

Golden-white radiance flowed through Chen Xuan's arms. His strength was so great that he smashed several cracks into the Lotus Platform itself.

Under the continuous, heavy blows, Yan Yushu's soul-body was directly beaten into pieces, exploding into a mass of mist before vanishing without a trace.

"Wretched place, you can get lost too!"

Chen Xuan was consumed by fury. His face darkened as he raised his head and shouted angrily at the enormous figures looking down from the sky.

What a filthy, chaotic place! He regretted it from the bottom of his heart. If he had known this would happen, he would never have come to spy on this damned place!

"I said long ago that she was no good. There was a demonic aura about her. Heh... Very good, Yan Yushu. You're truly something. You've opened my eyes completely tonight."

Chen Xuan praised her repeatedly, but his heart was already shaken beyond measure.

Yan Yushu had been sneaking around doing no good, and getting caught would have been one thing. But she had actually wanted to invite him to join her.

She was still being hunted down by the Hanging Temple, surrounded and pursued from all sides!

Yet she had still found the time to do something like this halfway through. The sheer explosiveness of her actions and the sheer strength of her mentality left him utterly awestruck and willing to bow in defeat.

Unheard of!

Absurd!

"Rumble..."

High in the sky, the four colossal figures as towering as mountains slowly moved away as Yan Yushu's soul dispersed. Their bodies, which had been forced to bend down toward the sky, gradually rose back up.

Their blood-black eyes, full of compassion and mercy, held deep confusion.

"Rustle, rustle..."

Immediately afterward, their bodies seemed to become dust-covered and rotten. The multicolored paint coating their surfaces peeled and fell like flaking wall plaster, as though they had sunk into a dead silence...

"This jumbled-up place can beg me to come in the future, and I still won't set foot here again!"

Chen Xuan's face was indignant as he muttered.

But in the next moment, his thoughts suddenly halted. He abruptly realized something of the utmost importance.

When he had attacked Yan Yushu just now, he had actually used Immortal Qi.

Just like when he entered the Yellow Millet Dream, after entering the Six Desires Heaven this time, Heartfast's ability had advanced another step!

"Immortal Qi left my body and followed my consciousness inside..."

Chen Xuan's face was filled with astonishment. He slowly raised his arm. Golden-white Immortal Qi curled around his fingertips, flickering like a shooting star and spitting out sharp radiance.

At that instant, as he stared at the Immortal Qi on his fingertip, a thought that could only be called insane suddenly arose in Chen Xuan's mind.

Cultivating illusion arts...

Beneath the tree.

"...Absurd."

Yan Yushu stared blankly ahead. Her clothes were half undone, her snow-white skin revealed in a state that was almost, but not quite, exposed. Beads of sweat rolled down her skin, tracing delicate curves along her outer thigh.

She gathered up a loose strand of hair. Her mood was low. Chen Xuan had invaded the Six Desires Heaven, and although the two had only come into contact through their souls, she had felt it all the same.

Then her expression turned cold, and she said angrily:

"He could even endure that, and he still hit a woman! He has no humanity at all!"

She had already remembered the strange man's face. He was the young man she had encountered upon entering the Southern Wilderness that morning. He was handsome and well-built, and not bad at all.

At the time, she had deliberately dropped something at his feet, trying to make him pay more attention to her...

But she had never expected him to attack that night, forcibly entering the Six Desires Heaven within her. Such a divine ability and supernatural power beyond imagination was simply terrifying!

"He hasn't left. What exactly is he trying to do?"

A chill rose in Yan Yushu's heart and swept through her entire body. She felt boundless terror. This was countless times more serious than being heavily surrounded by the Hanging Temple, leaving her suffocating.

The Six Desires Heaven was her greatest trump card, but at this moment, she felt as though she were standing naked before that man, all her secrets exposed to his eyes!

"What kind of monster have I provoked...?"

Yan Yushu was at a complete loss, helpless and bewildered, with no idea how she should respond.

Although having that man witness her humiliating predicament was embarrassing, nothing had ultimately happened. But the secret of the Six Desires Heaven was what truly concerned her life and death. It involved a matter of the Great Dao!

Suddenly, another uncontrollable restlessness began to grow wildly within her. The malice of the Six Desires Heaven had struck for the second time!

Yan Yushu had devoured the cultivation of two people in succession, and another wave of side effects had erupted!

"It's over. I have to... do it one more time."

Yan Yushu felt as though she had been struck by lightning. She was utterly despairing, so humiliated and furious that she almost wanted to kill herself.

The sky had collapsed.