Sacrifice and Fulfillment
Qian Renxue suddenly remembered why she couldn't feel anything when she saw Yu Tianshuang talking to Shui Bing'er. It was because she had categorized those emotions, such as jealousy, envy, or envy, as negative. And she had personally cut off those emotions that day.
And now, even though she knew perfectly well that what was turning to ashes before her eyes was nothing more than a false existence within this God Trial illusion, she had long since lost the ability to distinguish between them after so much time had passed. So even knowing it was fake, she still felt that long-lost emotion.
"You look utterly ridiculous, all for a false existence..." Qian Renxue watched as her knuckles turned white from gripping the sword, and the nails on her other hand dug deep into her palm, a trickle of blood dripping down. She snorted disdainfully, mocking her, but before she could finish speaking, she was abruptly interrupted by a pair of terrifying eyes that seemed to stare at a stunned corpse.
"Boom!!!" The Angel Holy Sword was raised high above her head, and a golden flame burst forth, instantly creating a terrifying shockwave that shattered everything around it. The illusion was collapsing. "Perhaps the illusion is fake, and they are fake too, but... feelings cannot be faked. I truly felt everything I longed for from them... And you... why are you in such a hurry? I know the time difference between the outside world and the illusion. Why can't you wait until they're all gone, until I have no more attachments, until I have no more regrets... Wouldn't it be better to live a little longer?" As the illusion collapsed, her aura gradually rose to a level that no human could reach.
As her words fell, the soaring golden flames descended along with Qian Renxue's sword-wielding hand. Qian Renxue gazed at the attack, powerful enough to annihilate the entire illusion, her eyes flashing with a mix of emotions: relief, triumph, acceptance, reluctance, and lingering attachment. Finally, her gaze settled on a blue-haired youth, solidifying into unwavering resolve. "It's too late... I wanted to wait... I wanted to live... How I longed to be with him forever and ever, but it's too late... Besides this, I don't know of any other way to save him..."
"Qian Renxue" took one last look at the collapsing illusion around her and at Qian Renxue, who now resembled a goddess, before slowly closing her eyes. A black crystal that she had been tightly clutching in her hand slipped to the ground. "Hmm? So cunning..." This closed-eye acceptance of death puzzled Qian Renxue, but having chosen to end the illusion, her strength, except for not yet accepting the Angel Godhood, had completely surpassed the realm of humanity, and she didn't care at all.
Without any suspense, Qian Renxue watched as the "Qian Renxue" who had withstood her full-force attack slowly disintegrated into fragments along with the shattering illusion. She couldn't help but feel puzzled. Although her strength was now infinitely close to that of a god, without the blessing of Godhood, it was impossible to erase her... Just as she was wondering, "Save him... and help me... take good care of him..." Because this wasn't erasure at all. The pure soul power—the part of her soul that Qian Renxue had separated herself from, mixed with negative emotions—was now returning to her body, without a trace of negative emotion, just a pure soul, merging back into her original form.
"Ah!!!" All the memories that Qian Renxue had had in the outside world during this time, as she dissipated, all merged into her body. "Plop," the black crystal that fell to the ground bounced up. Qian Renxue covered her forehead and grabbed the crystal.
"So that's how it is... You... You really surprised me..." Aside from the initial release of anger affecting herself, she did nothing else. Even that trace of anger was ultimately withdrawn into the black crystal provided by the Holy Spirit Cult. All she did was to save someone she loved to the core, someone she loved to the very soul... Yu Tianshuang...
The illusion collapsed. Qian Renxue lowered her head, staring at the black crystal in her hand, remaining silent for Jiujiu. Gradually, something intangible and elusive made her begin to re-examine the justice she had always believed in.
Qian Renxue had been lost in thought for a short while when the Angel Divine Light appeared before her. Looking at Qian Renxue, who seemed to have gained some insight from her contemplation, she said, "Alas... I truly did not expect that the illusion of the Angel God Trial would end in such an unexpected way..."
"The difficulty of the God Trial Illusion is very simple. As long as you firmly identify what is real and what is false, and see through the illusion, you can escape the illusion in an instant... But this is also the most difficult test of the God Trial. Everything here is the life you've always dreamed of, and even if you've always known it in your heart, whether you can break free is extremely difficult..."
The Angel God's gaze fell upon the black crystal in Qian Renxue's hand. After a moment of silence, he continued, "However, the part of your soul that was separated actually chose to sacrifice and fulfill it. This method, completely contrary to the soul formed from her negative emotions, helped you complete this God Trial, which surprised and delighted me greatly. But whatever the method, congratulations, Qian Renxue, you are now fully qualified to inherit my divine Godhood and become the Angel God!"
Having said that, the Angel God raised his hand, emitting an incomparably dazzling golden light above Qian Renxue's head. "Sacrifice and fulfillment?" Looking at the negative emotions she thought she didn't need sealed in her hand, and that final wish, Qian Renxue's eyes were more resolute than ever before. "Angel justice, from this moment on, will be redefined by me, Qian Renxue!!!" She crushed the black crystal in her hand, and those things she had once given up, along with the crown that was slowly forming above her head, flowed into her body.
Meanwhile, in the real world outside, in Tang San's Divine Domain...
"My body feels so heavy..."
"It's so hard to breathe..."
Without Soul Power within his body, Yu Tianshuang could no longer resist the intrusion of the endless seawater around him. The feeling of suffocation grew stronger and stronger. From the time he had memories in the previous world until just now, his past memories flashed by like a revolving lantern. The intense unwillingness brought back the last bit of clarity to his consciousness. With the last bit of Divine Power, he mobilized all the trump cards and True Essence Power within his body that he had never used before, gathering them in his hand.
Using her last ounce of strength, Yu Tianshuang raised her right hand, which was filled with all her True Essence Power, and pointed a finger at Tang San, who was enjoying himself with his eyes closed. In just a moment, the attack landed on Tang San's chest, catching him completely off guard. Only the intense pain in his chest made him instinctively clutch his chest, and then look incredulously at the wound that had pierced through his chest.