The storm raged on, the entire mountain range cracking under the weight of the "True Annihilation Phenomenon." Countless gray-white fissures crisscrossed the void, while Chi Ninghua knelt amidst the shattered rocks, blood dripping from the corner of her mouth.
She gripped the Divine Sword of Silent Void Fate Soul essence almost made her vision go black, but even so, she stubbornly raised her head, refusing to back down in the slightest.
The elder of the Hua Lineage slowly walked through the air in the distance. He looked down at the seriously injured Chi Ninghua, his eyes filled with no pity, only a superior indifference.
"Why bother?" He shook his head slightly, his voice low and calm. "Knowing they are no match, yet still desperately protecting them." "The little girl from the Chi Lineage."
"You're tired." As he spoke, he slowly closed his eyes, his hands clasped loosely in front of his chest. In the next instant, the world suddenly fell silent, and the entire universe plunged into an endless, stagnant, and weary atmosphere. The air began to turn gray, the wind stopped, the clouds ceased to churn, and even the sound of distant mountains collapsing gradually faded. Between the elder's palms, a wisp of grayish-white mist slowly emerged.
The mist contained no energy fluctuations, no oppressive aura, and not even a trace of killing intent. Yet, the instant it appeared, all living beings around it inexplicably felt a deep-seated weariness, as if after countless eras of battle, they finally wanted to stop. The supernatural power—"My Thoughts Return to Dust"—awakened the innate yearning for "nothingness" deep within the hearts of all beings with the power of Eternal Silence, infinitely amplifying the weariness, exhaustion, loneliness, and confusion of long cultivation, causing the target to voluntarily relinquish its own existence.
It wasn't that she was killed, but rather—"she didn't want to live anymore." The elder slowly opened his eyes. His gaze was terrifyingly calm, devoid of hostility, anger, or even oppressive power. He simply looked quietly at Chi Ninghua, his gaze like that of an old man who had seen through everything, gentle and compassionate. "I understand you," he whispered.
The voice seemed to come from a very, very distant place. "So many years of cultivation..." "You must be very tired." Boom— Chi Ninghua's body trembled violently.
In the next instant, countless images surged through her mind. She saw herself practicing swordsmanship alone on the frozen lake as a child, saw herself being devoured by her Fate Soul time and time again, saw countless times in seclusion, countless times alone in the darkness, sword in hand. Suddenly, she felt an unprecedented weariness, as if her soul had sunk. The voice in her ear grew softer and softer, gentler and gentler. "Let it go..." "Sleep..." "You don't need to carry anything anymore..."
The gray-white mist slowly spread, and Chi Ninghua's eyes began to glaze over. Her hand holding the sword slowly loosened, and the Divine Sword of Silent Void emitted a faint sword hum, as if struggling. However, the light in her eyes grew dimmer and dimmer. She slowly raised her head and looked at the distant mountain, towards the direction where Qin Yu was breaking through in seclusion. In that instant, a deep sense of unwillingness finally surfaced in her eyes.
Her lips trembled slightly as if she wanted to say something, but the words wouldn't come out. Because she suddenly felt—so tired. Really... she didn't want to hold on any longer. She slowly closed her eyes, a tear sliding down her cheek, while the greyish-white mist completely enveloped her, her body even beginning to turn into greyish-white dust. But in that instant—
Boom! The heavens and earth suddenly shattered! A beam of silvery-white divine light, traversing millions of miles, suddenly tore through the sky!
The light was so fast that it shattered even time itself! The next instant, the silvery-white divine light slammed into the grayish-white mist! Boom!!!!
The entire world collapsed instantly, the gray-white mist shattered on the spot! The elder of the Hua Lineage's pupils shrank sharply! Before he could react—a woman's voice, chilling to the Ultimate, resounded throughout the heavens and earth! "Insolence—" "Do you really think the Chi Lineage has no one left?!" Boom!!!! The sky suddenly cracked open! Three figures descended simultaneously!
The world was instantly enveloped by an indescribable, Wuji pressure! Countless chains of laws automatically knelt down!
The void collapsed layer by layer! The moment the elder of the Hua Lineage saw the newcomer—his expression completely changed! "Chi... Chi Xiyue?!" Even his voice changed! Because at the very front of the sky, the woman was terrifying. She wore a long silver-white dress, her long hair cascading down to her waist, and faint golden patterns flowed deep within her pupils. As she stood there, the laws of heaven and earth seemed to automatically avoid her, allowing her to stand there silently.
The entire world seemed to submit. The eldest sister of the Chi Lineage — Chi Xiyue! Wuji Realm! Behind her, two elders at the Eternal Silence Realm · Supreme possessed equally terrifying auras. Chi Hong! Chi Xiao! The Hua Lineage elder's face turned deathly pale! He didn't even hesitate for a moment! He turned and fled! "Young Master, run!!!"
But just as he turned around, Chi Xiyue slowly raised a finger, her fingertip lightly touching the ground. "Seeking death." Boom—the world suddenly fell silent. The next instant, the Hua Lineage elder's body stiffened abruptly, disintegrating inch by inch from head to toe, directly erased by this world. Without uttering a single scream, his entire body turned into countless gray-white specks of light, completely vanishing into Annihilation.
Hua Yanyang's eyes darkened instantly upon seeing this, while Chi Ninghua stared blankly at the familiar figure high in the sky. The next moment, her eyes suddenly reddened.
All the suppressed emotions completely collapsed. "Senior Sister..." Her voice trembled. Tears welled up instantly. "Senior Sister Xiyue --!!!" Chi Xiyue looked down at her, her previously cold gaze finally softening slightly. She took a step forward and instantly appeared beside Chi Ninghua. "We're here, don't cry." She frowned slightly. Her tone was still cold, but her hand gently rested on Chi Ninghua's head, "With Senior Sister here..." "Who dares to touch you?"
Chi Hong and Chi Xiao had already arrived beside Chi Ninghua in an instant. "Quick!" Chi Hong hurriedly raised his hand, and a silver-white divine pill instantly appeared. "Soul-Congealing Origin-Returning Pill!"
Chi Xiao immediately activated his power of law to stabilize her Fate Soul. Chi Ninghua's face was pale, but her eyes remained fixed on the mountain, on the direction Qin Yu was breaking through.
Chi Xiyue followed her gaze, a strange light finally appearing in her eyes. "The person inside..." she slowly narrowed her eyes. "Is that the person you risked your life to protect?"
Chi Ninghua pursed her lips and nodded slightly. "Senior Sister, Qin Yu is inside." Upon hearing this, Chi Xiyue's gaze suddenly turned serious. "You focus on recuperating and healing. Leave the rest to me."
Meanwhile, Hua Yanyang stood in the void, staring intently at Chi Xiyue, his eyes surging with murderous intent. But in the end, he didn't dare to make a move, because he knew...
With Chi Xiyue present, he couldn't touch anyone today, but he still slowly raised his head, a sinister smile appearing on his lips. "Oh ho, so it's Chi Xiyue..." "Long time no see, Chi, the great prodigy..."
High in the sky, the storm continued to rage wildly, and the gray-white anomaly of True Annihilation had covered most of the heavens. The laws of heaven and earth were constantly collapsing and reforming, and the entire mountain range seemed to be forcibly rewritten by some higher-level force.
Chi Xiyue stood quietly in the center of the void, her silver-white dress swaying gently in the gale, surrounded by billions of laws that automatically swirled and submitted to her, her pale golden eyes coldly watching Hua Yanyang in the distance.
The air was terribly oppressive. The smile on Hua Yanyang's face slowly disappeared because he knew very well that since Chi Xiyue had personally descended today, it meant that he was very likely to perish today.
Chi Xiyue slowly raised her head, her icy gaze falling on Hua Yanyang like a blade. Her red lips parted slightly, her voice not loud, yet it seemed to freeze the surrounding space, "Hua Yanyang..." "You people from the Hua Lineage." "Truly as insidious and despicable as ever." She slowly took a step forward, Boom!!! The pressure of the Wuji Realm instantly crushed the heavens and earth!
A vast expanse of mountains in the distance crumbled instantly! "Last time—" A cold smile slowly curved her lips, the chill in her eyes deepening, "You managed to escape."
"But this time..." She slowly raised her right hand, and billions of silver-white laws instantly converged between heaven and earth. The terrifying pressure even caused the space around Hua Yanyang to collapse. Chi Xiyue's voice grew colder and colder. "I think it's time to settle our scores..." Boom!!!!
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire world seemed to sink, and the void behind Hua Yanyang collapsed into a dark abyss! Even so, Hua Yanyang showed no panic. Instead, he slowly smiled, a cold and dangerous smile. He gently straightened his sleeves, then looked up at Chi Xiyue, his eyes filled with deep mockery, "Chi Xiyue..." He slowly clapped his hands, the corners of his mouth gradually curving upwards, "So many years have passed, and your temper has only grown stronger."
"What?" "You really think the three of you can stop me? -" "Don't forget, I'm also at the Wuji Realm."
Chi Xiyue's gaze instantly turned even colder, while Hua Yanyang suddenly chuckled softly. "However..." He slowly turned his head, glancing at the churning True Annihilation Phenomenon in the distance, a chilling light flashing deep within his eyes. "The person inside..." "is truly becoming more and more interesting to me." As he spoke, his five fingers subtly clenched beneath his sleeve, and in the next instant, no one noticed an extremely tiny dark gold petal in his palm.
Suddenly, it shattered silently, and at the same time, hundreds of thousands of miles away, deep in the void, a "Flower Realm Folding Seal" that had been set up in advance lit up instantly.
That was one of the Hua Lineage's top escape techniques—Myriad Manifestations Flower Realm: Mirror Folding and Heaven Shifting. The truly terrifying thing was that it wasn't used on a whim.
Instead, it imprints a wisp of its own Fate Soul in a spatial interlayer beforehand. Once triggered, it will forcibly swap the positions of its main body and the "Mirror Flower Void Realm".
The most terrifying thing is that it doesn't produce any spatial fluctuations, because the process of "escaping" itself is directly replaced. The next moment, Hua Yanyang suddenly looked up and laughed. "Chi Xiyue-- " "You win today." "But you can protect now--" "But you might not be able to protect later!!"
Boom!!! The moment his words fell, his body suddenly twisted. It was neither teleportation nor spatial teleportation; his entire being suddenly transformed into a floating image in the mirror, indistinguishable from reality.
Her body rapidly became transparent at the edges. Chi Xiyue's pupils constricted sharply! "Not good!" She instantly raised her hand! Boom!!!! A gigantic silver-white palm of law, covering the heavens and earth, suddenly pressed down! But just as the giant palm was about to land— Hua Yanyang's lips suddenly revealed an extremely sinister smile. "You were still a step too slow." "I had already kept a trump card up before coming here, I didn't expect it to actually come in handy. Hahahaha!!!"
Crack—In the next instant, his entire body shattered into countless flower shadows, while his true form had already vanished! Boom!!!! Chi Xiyue's palm slammed fiercely into the void! The entire sky instantly exploded! Millions of miles of space were directly flattened! But Hua Yanyang... had already escaped to a distant place. Chi Hong and Chi Xiao's expressions darkened simultaneously.
"Mirror Folding and Heaven Shifting..." Chi Hong gritted his teeth and hissed, "Damn it, this brat actually buried the Fate Soul Mirror Realm outside beforehand!" Chi Xiao's eyes were icy cold, "The Hua Lineage is still as insidious as ever." Chi Xiyue slowly lowered her hand, looking at the spot where Hua Yanyang had disappeared. Her eyes grew colder and colder. The next moment, she suddenly let out a cold laugh.
"Escape?" "Hua Yanyang..." She slowly raised her head. Her gaze pierced through billions of voids, her voice icy cold, devoid of any warmth. "You'd better pray—" "Don't let me see you again." "Otherwise, next time," "you won't even be able to escape with your Fate Soul." The wind howled, and at the same time, deep within that mountain, the True Annihilation phenomenon... finally began to truly shrink.