A Funeral (Two-in-One)

"If this continues, we'll all die!"

Someone stepped forward and said Anger that, faced with life and death, they wanted to fight Ji Qingqing to the death.

Ji Qingqing's face was icy, but she knew that stopping them wouldn't solve anything. She said:

"If you want to live, help me bring them up."

"A backup? That's suicide! They're definitely doomed, they're too far away!" someone shouted angrily.

"If they die, then we die together!"

Ji Qingqing refused to back down and could only force them to comply.

If she were the only one there, she would have rushed down to help her long ago. But once she leaves, Ning Ma, with her Dao Heart Realm, is no match for these people.

When the Abyss Heaven Stele is pushed aside, everyone will die.

"Don't you want to live too?!"

Someone couldn't help but roar, "At least we can survive, why should everyone else be sacrificed?"

"Either bring them up, or we all die!"

Ji Qingqing's eyes were icy cold. She didn't argue; any argument at this moment would be a waste of time. She simply offered a choice.

Everyone was Anger, but no one took any action. The chains were swinging so violently that none of them dared to step onto them.

During their brief exchange, a violent tremor suddenly erupted from below once again.

Heaven Imprisoning Island was pulled off course again. Tentacles from the Abyss tugged at Li Hao's chain, one tentacle pulling on the chain while the other two slapped directly at Li Hao and his companion.

Li Hao's expression changed drastically. He let out a low roar, unleashing his Divine Power State and climbing at full speed.

But the suction force from that Demon Sage's mouth was like a black hole, capable of easily uprooting and sucking in mountains. If Li Hao hadn't been strong enough, he would have been sucked into her mouth long ago.

"Walk!"

Li Hao roared, grabbed Ji Yunyue, and sprinted forward at full speed.

However, it was still thousands of miles away from Heaven Imprisoning Island. Under normal circumstances, it would only take a few minutes to reach, but now it felt as distant as climbing to the heavens.

"Child, don't worry about me, go by yourself."

Ji Yunyue suddenly released Li Hao's hand, tightly clutching one of the rings of the Abyss Heaven Lock with both hands, and shouted loudly to Li Hao:

"Don't look back, keep moving forward. As long as we hold on, the Third Ancestor will definitely notice the commotion here and come to help!"

Li Hao felt his hand loosen and was stunned. He turned around and looked at the kind Old Woman who had been so kind before. Her eyes were full of determination and encouragement. He felt as if his heart had been struck.

A surge of emotion welled up within him, but he restrained it. He knew that turning back would mean completely betraying her.

Li Hao gritted his teeth and climbed Past at full speed, doubling his pace.

Splash!

Suddenly, a violent rattling sound of chains rang out.

The Blood Lotus, which was about to burst out of the Abyss, suddenly seemed to Pause a moment, as if it were pulled down, revealing behind it a series of extremely thick chains, similar to the Abyss Heaven Lock.

These chains bound him, preventing him from escaping the Abyss.

The Blood Lotus seemed Anger, unleashing even more thousand-foot-long tentacles that pulled at the chains, attacking Li Hao.

The tentacles slapped against the chain, rubbing and sweeping across. Li Hao hurriedly climbed to the other side of the chain, hiding in the gaps between the lock rings, and used his Supreme Art to improve his evasion.

Although it's uncertain whether it will work, there's no other way at this point.

The foul-smelling tentacles swept past Li Hao without causing any harm, and Li Hao breathed a slight sigh of relief before continuing to climb the chains.

On Heaven Imprisoning Island, watching the island being pulled deeper and deeper, the crowd finally couldn't bear it any longer, and someone roared:

"Let's all attack together. Even if we die, it's better than dying at the hands of the Demon Sage."

"Go, overthrow the Abyss Heaven Stele!"

More than a dozen people simultaneously unleashed their remaining Aura and attacked Ji Qingqing.

Ji Qingqing's expression changed drastically. She hadn't come up with a solution yet, and these people had already lost patience. In this Time Acceleration race against time, she didn't have much time to think of a countermeasure.

"Non-Self die, no one will be able to topple this monument!"

Ji Qingqing shouted angrily.

Her Divine Soul erupted, and she charged forward on her sword.

On the island, swaying precariously from the chains, a great battle erupted. Ji Qingqing engaged them in combat, unleashing her Signature Technique without sparing any energy expenditure. She struck in succession, slaying two and then sending seven more flying.

Her Divine Flame draped over her Cloud Garments, making her resemble a powerful female general, and she managed to hold onto the Abyss Heaven Stele.

Below the island, the Demon Sage was approaching; on the chains, people were climbing to escape; and on the island, a battle raged among a dozen people.

"No one is allowed to get close!"

Ji Qingqing's Aura gradually weakened, but she still had her Unyielding Power left unused. She retreated to the Abyss Heaven Stele, her eyes like cold stars as she looked at the others.

"A bunch of laughable idiots."

At this moment, the Old Madman lying in the distance burst into laughter. "You could all have lived, but you insisted on courting death. Haven't you noticed the abnormality of this Demon Sage? Its consciousness was erased by the Saint Ancestor long ago. What's suppressed here now is merely its shell."

"Otherwise, if it really made a move, there wouldn't be any room for you to fight here; you would all be dead by now."

As everyone caught their breath, they heard his loud laughter, which sounded jarring, but his words sent a chill down their spines.

Indeed, although this Demon Sage was pulling on the chains, he was still Demon Sage; if he were to actually attack, they would all be killed in an instant.

"Is it dead?"

Someone trembled as they asked a question that even they found absurd.

However, the existence of the Saint Realm is far beyond their comprehension.

Many people looked at the Old Madman. They all knew that he had lived for a very long time and was a figure from the era of the Third Ancestor.

Seeing everyone looking at him, the Old Madman laughed instead, saying nothing more, only with a mocking and playful expression, seemingly unconcerned that the swaying Heaven Imprisoning Island could be swallowed up by the Demon Sage at any moment.

Seeing his expression, everyone felt Anger, but his words reminded them that the Demon Sage was bound by chains and unable to break free from the Abyss.

"I've got an idea!"

Suddenly, someone shouted excitedly.

To become a criminal requires intelligence that is no less than that of an ordinary person; one simply took the wrong path.

"We don't need to overturn all three Abyss Heaven Stele, just two will suffice. That way, the buoyancy Principle of Heaven Imprisoning Island will straighten the Abyss Heaven Lock. This Demon Sage's body isn't long enough; at most, only one or two tentacles can reach it, and he might not be able to pull it down!"

The man said excitedly.

The group ran to the edge of the island and looked out at the terrifyingly beautiful face and the alluring Blood Lotus.

Indeed, the creature stopped rising, held back by the chains, struggling incessantly. But the chains binding its body also seemed to fix it in the very center of the Abyss, forcing its body to stretch outwards with all its might just to touch the rock walls at the edge of the Abyss.

If only one Abyss Heaven Lock were holding onto Heaven Imprisoning Island, it would be in a straight line, and Heaven Imprisoning Island would deviate from the center of the Abyss, appearing outside the Abyss, perpendicular to the Abyss Heaven Peak, which resembles Wooden Stake at the other end of the chain!

By then, the Demon Sage's physical body will have even fewer parts that can touch the chains, so he may not be able to pull down Heaven Imprisoning Island.

In this way, they will have a way to survive!

The others understood the man's idea, and their eyes lit up. Indeed, it was a good idea.

If this method still doesn't work, then we'll have no choice but to abandon the last Abyss Heaven Lock, allowing Heaven Imprisoning Island to rise into the sky and be scorched by the Scorching Sun Sacred Fire.

Ji Qingqing was taken aback, but upon hearing this, she breathed a sigh of relief. If the other two Abyss Heaven Stele were rejected, it would indeed be a solution.

"Now you have no reason to stop us anymore, right?"

Some people looked at Ji Qingqing, worried that she might go mad again and try to take them all down with her.

"You may go."

Ji Qingqing said.

Seeing that she had agreed, the others breathed a sigh of relief and quickly dispersed, rushing towards the other two Abyss Heaven Stele on the island.

Standing next to her, Ning Ma turned her head and suddenly noticed two figures rapidly climbing on another chain.

What is that?

Divine Soul appeared behind Ning Ma, enhancing her vision. She immediately saw that there was also someone on the Abyss Heaven Lock.

Upon hearing her words, Ji Qingqing also Divine Soul her gaze, and upon seeing it, her pupils contracted and she froze in shock.

About three hundred miles from the island, two figures were struggling to climb up the chain.

They were extremely close to the island, having already covered most of the thousands of miles of the Abyss Heaven Lock, with only the last tenth of the journey remaining.

The suction force didn't seem that strong, and although the crawling was slow, it would take another four or five minutes to reach the Heaven Imprisoning Island.

However, Ji Qingqing recognized both of their faces.

When she saw it clearly, she felt as if her mind had exploded, and her mind went blank for a moment.

Li Tiangang!

Her husband!

Ji Yunqing, his uncle!

Ji Qingqing was stunned, as if struck by lightning.

But just a second later, she suddenly realized what was happening, and her Divine Soul soared into the air, rushing towards the Abyss Heaven Stele at the chain.

"Stop!!"

The Sword Light whistled through the air, striking the four people who were about to touch the Abyss Heaven Stele.

The four men were furious when Ji Qingqing went back on her word: "Are you crazy?!"

"Wait for them to come up."

Ji Qingqing's Divine Soul trembled as she spoke.

Her Divine Soul descended swiftly, guarding the Abyss Heaven Stele, blocking it with her sword, using her back as a fortress.

The group was furious, saying, "If we keep the two Abyss Heaven Lock, they're useless; the Demon Sage will still drag us down!"

Give them some time.

Ji Qingqing said through gritted teeth.

Her True Form looked at the two figures struggling to climb the chains, and tears welled up in her eyes.

She never expected that Li Tiangang would also appear here.

Earlier, Ning Ma that Li Hao had come alone, which surprised her. Knowing Li Tiangang as she did, she knew he was extremely responsible; how could he let his son come alone?

I thought there was something going on, but now I know he came too, only Ning Ma's information is outdated.

"Why are you all so stupid...?"

Ji Qingqing was in tears. She had clearly warned him not to set foot in the Ji Family before breaking through the Four Establishments Realm, but now she could tell at a glance that Li Tiangang's cultivation was only at the Defying Fate Realm.

Without a doubt, the enemy came to the Ji Family with the determination to die.

Just like before, the other party shielded her behind them, creating a tense standoff in the room.

A general who strictly adhered to the rules made an exception for her, breaking the laws he followed, which was why she was determined to marry him and stay with him for life.

BOOM!!

Suddenly, Heaven Imprisoning Island trembled violently.

An Abyss Heaven Stele was uprooted, overturned, and thrown off Heaven Imprisoning Island.

Also falling was the indestructible Abyss Heaven Lock, which, pulled by its two tentacles, plunged into the Abyss and crashed onto the Demon Sage's Blood Lotus.

Without the pull of one of the Abyss Heaven Lock, the island immediately tilted, and the Blood Lotus seemed to be enraged, its tentacles suddenly bursting forth, pulling the thousands of miles-long Abyss Heaven Lock, causing the entire island to plummet downwards.

"Not good!"

Everyone on the island felt a sense of weightlessness, as if their feet were leaving the ground; everyone except the Old Madman was horrified.

On the chains, Li Tiangang and Ji Yunqing, who were desperately climbing, felt the chains plummeting downwards and were terrified. They exerted all their strength and frantically climbed upwards.

Their eyes were fixed only on the island tens of thousands of meters away and the large monument bound by chains.

Although they were far away, their eyesight Transcendent, and they could already see clearly what was happening in front of the large monument.

"That's... Qingqing?"

Suddenly, Li Tiangang saw the divine Divine Soul in front of the large stele, paused for a moment, and was then taken aback.

Although it was just a glimpse of her back, he could never mistake her for his wife, whom he longed for day and night.

At this moment, the wife seemed to be confronting someone, guarding the large monument bound by chains.

He immediately realized that the other person was protecting his lifeline!

"Qingqing!!"

Li Tiangang roared and desperately climbed upwards.

Meanwhile, Li Hao, his entire Movement Method a deep crimson gold, moved with incredible speed despite the astonishing suction from the Demon King's mouth. What was originally a journey of over a thousand miles was reduced to only two or three hundred miles in the blink of an eye.

We're almost there.

Li Hao's eyes were crimson gold. The Abyss Heaven Lock was affected by the Principle of the Abyss, so its power could not leak out, and he could not use his Divine Soul. However, he could still see the situation hundreds of miles away with his Divine Power and his naked eyes.

At the end of the chain, a woman's back stood guard, her body enveloped in Divine Flame, exuding heroic spirit.

Li Hao recognized her at a glance; it was indeed that mother.

He felt a jolt, and the words he had heard as an infant echoed in his mind:

"No matter what the future holds, your mother will always stand by you and will never let anyone hurt you..."

She seems to have kept that promise she made fifteen years ago.

With his frail body, he guarded the end of that chain!

Li Hao's eyes reddened slightly. He roared and unleashed his full power, accelerating once again as he charged forward at full speed.

But at that moment, the chains on his back jolted violently and were pulled down sharply.

The Demon Sage seemed to have gone mad, unleashing an extremely terrifying power that suddenly increased the speed at which the chains pulled downwards.

Li Hao felt as if he were about to fall into Abyss, but in that brief moment of distraction, he roared and charged out again. With the Heaven and Earth Trace Erasing Art combined with the amplification of various Codex Attributes, he rushed at full speed towards the end of the chains.

The Demon Sage's tentacles swept and chased after him from behind; Li Hao felt like he was racing against death.

On Heaven Imprisoning Island, everyone who witnessed the rapid descent was filled with panic and despair.

"Hurry, if we don't overthrow the Abyss Heaven Stele now, it will be too late!"

"We're running out of time!!"

Everyone else disregarded everything else and Anger charged towards Ji Qingqing.

"Wait a little longer, give them some more time!"

Ji Qingqing hurriedly said, but seeing that everyone else was rushing over regardless, she had no choice but to unleash her Divine Soul at the same time and fight with all her might.

"Don't force me to burn my Divine Soul and unleash my Dao Domain!"

One of the old men said Anger.

He exuded an Aura of transcendence, clearly a powerful expert of the Great Peace Dao Realm. At this moment, he ignited a point of his Divine Soul, releasing a formidable Aura.

He had been imprisoned here for too long, and his strength had long been exhausted, which was why he was acting discreetly.

In addition, his original Criminal Charge was colluding with Demon to Assassination his clansmen and steal treasures. His crimes were serious, and he was spared his life only because of the glory of his ancestors. His descendants were also forbidden from visiting him, which caused his power to be almost completely exhausted over the years, leaving him with only the power of his physical body.

Seeing the other party's furious appearance, Ji Qingqing's expression changed drastically. If the other party truly burned his Divine Soul, even if he could only unleash a momentary burst of the Dao Realm power, she would still be no match for him.

"Wait, give them some more time!"

Ji Qingqing hurriedly said, "Among them are the Dao Seeds of my Ji family, the hope of our Ji family!"

"I don't care about any Dao Seed. Whoever tries to stop me from living must die!"

"That's right, we're all locked up here. What does the honor or disgrace of the Ji Family have to do with us? It must be Dao Seed Demon Sage that the seed attracted!"

The crowd roared in anger.

Ji Qingqing's face was pale. Looking at the old man's increasingly vigorous Dao Realm Aura, she could only lower her head and plead:

"Please, elders, give them a little more time! I'll kowtow to you!"

As he spoke, he knelt down and banged his head against the ground repeatedly.

"Knowing we're your elders, do you still want to drag us down with you?"

"What's the use of kowtowing? I don't want to die, get out of my way!!"

The crowd Anger and refused to accept Ji Qingqing's pleas. They only wanted to live, or at least have a chance to be reborn.

"Get out of the way, or we'll all be buried with you, and you can't save anyone!"

The old man's face was grim. His Divine Soul was burning; if he were to truly unleash his Dao Realm, he would surely lose his life here. He strode forward and said:

"If you can't bear to give up this, we'll overthrow that. You choose one, now!"

With his furious roar, the chains rattled, and Heaven Imprisoning Island shook violently, plummeting even faster.

Looking at the old man's angry face, Ji Qingqing felt as if her heart was being torn apart.

She knew perfectly well that if the delay continued, everyone could lose their lives.

But how to choose?

On one side is her husband, and on the other is her son.

"Okay, I choose."

She stood up slowly, trying to buy them a little more time.

The old man seemed to see through her intention and angrily said, "Choose quickly!"

"Hurry, we're going to be too late!"

The others were also agitated and pressed forward.

Ji Qingqing's face was deathly pale, and she felt as if heavy hammers were striking her heart, and the blood in her body seemed to Solidification.

She turned her head and saw a figure dressed in crimson gold rushing rapidly towards the Abyss Heaven Lock.

They are now less than a hundred miles apart.

She could see the boy's face with her own eyes.

The Mother and Son, who hadn't seen each other for fifteen years, looked into each other's eyes at this moment and saw each other clearly.

Ji Qingqing gazed at the handsome young man. Was this the son she had given birth to?

She was somewhat dazed. More than a decade had passed; had the child she once held in swaddling clothes grown so much?

With Divine Power State, no wonder he became the Ji Family Prodigy...

Large tears welled up in her eyes, and she covered her mouth, her heart aching as if it were being torn apart.

"It's too late, cancel it now!"

The others watched in shock and anger as Heaven Imprisoning Island was pulled and tilted downwards.

They swarmed forward and pushed towards the Abyss Heaven Stele.

This time, however, Ji Qingqing simply covered her mouth without making any other move.

Li Hao, who was struggling to climb upwards, was stunned by this sight.

Why... didn't you stop them?

His thoughts seemed to Pause, but the next moment, he suddenly came to his senses and, in a panic, quickly summoned the Merit Treasure Trove.

Golden light rapidly emerged from the Golden Paper in his palm, Li Hao quickly chose to exchange it for a Fate-Reversal Opportunity.

Soon, my merit points decreased by 10,000.

He felt a strange power surging into his body, and when he tried to release it, the power drained away from him.

It was an extremely peculiar feeling, neither like physical strength nor Immortal Power, but rather a feeling that was difficult to describe.

As the power of Fate Reversal dissipated, Li Hao hurriedly looked at the Abyss Heaven Stele that had been pushed.

But they saw that the group of people were still pushing, and the Abyss Heaven Stele was pulled out without any unexpected incidents.

The woman remained kneeling, without moving.

He suddenly realized something, and instantly felt as if cold water had been poured over his head, chilling him to the bone.

Ji Yun'ge once said that the Dao Inquiry Realm can obscure the secrets of heaven, preventing the Reversal of the Defying Fate Realm from having the opportunity to defy Fate Reversal. And the special Principle on this Abyss prevent even the Dao Domain from being used, so the power of Fate Reversal... is probably also being obscured.

In other words, Fate Reversal is ineffective.

Bang!

The Abyss Heaven Stele was finally pulled out and thrown down.

The chains beneath Li Hao's feet suddenly went from being taut and straight to becoming loose.

He reached up with all his might, but the entire chain lost its strength and fell down along with the Abyss Heaven Stele.

He raised his hand, the blood-red Twin Flowers in his palm, vibrant and fresh, but he would never have the chance to deliver them to that island.

Li Hao stared blankly at the falling Abyss Heaven Stele. He saw the woman suddenly get up and rush towards another direction. Following the direction she ran, he saw two figures climbing upwards on the other side of Heaven Imprisoning Island, more than ten miles away from the island.

He knew someone.

He also knew the other one.

Is it him?

Li Hao was stunned.

Suddenly, he seemed to understand everything.

Just like fifteen years ago, when that Imperial Decree reached the Divine General Residence, that woman released the infant who was only a hundred days old from her swaddling clothes, turned around, donned her armor, and followed her husband into battle, heading to the battlefield hundreds of thousands of miles away.

Now, fifteen years later.

She made the same choice again...

The massive Abyss Heaven Stele crashed down, slamming into Li Hao's face, nose, and body, causing blood to gush out...

He was slammed to the ground, and the twin red flowers in his hand came loose, their petals falling like broken butterfly wings, slowly drifting in the air.

As the Abyss Heaven Stele crashed down, Li Hao seemed to lose all his strength, and his body was pulled straight down into the mouth of the Demon Sage below.

He ran with all his might past the Demon Sage's tentacles, but he couldn't dodge the massive monument that crashed down on him.

The tentacles that had been gripping the chains were now all lashing out at him.

Freed from the restraint of the Abyss Heaven Lock, Heaven Imprisoning Island soared up like a bird spreading its wings. Its own Rising Law caused it to pull the last remaining Abyss Heaven Lock from a steep 70 degrees to a vertical 90 degrees.

Bang!

The thick chains and the Abyss Heaven Stele, carrying Li Hao's body, plunged into the Abyss.