Night without Borders

Chapter 455 Being distracted
Inside the scene, it was as if an abyss was emerging, about to swallow the goddess. Even her snow-white clothes were stained black, as if the calamity was eroding her.

The nine-colored branch in her hand shone with countless rays of light within the Pure Land, releasing endless auspicious energy. However, when this exceptionally sacred branch was struck by the calamity energy, its leaves withered and fell to the ground.

Then, the yellow leaves, having lost their crystalline luster, exploded in mid-air, turning into dust and powder.

The goddess was deeply shaken; what an overwhelming power that was! In her hand lay a branch of the Nine-Colored Treasure Tree, said to be able to ward off all calamities in the world, yet it was withering away.

Qin Ming was also surprised. The aura of calamity appeared, and the opponent only swung a branch to block the first attack? The woman in white was indeed highly skilled and had exquisite methods.

The legacy of Yujing was even more astonishing than he had imagined, with all sorts of divine skills and wondrous techniques; its foundation was truly immense.

The interior is like a celestial abode, a dwelling place for gods, with fallen petals everywhere, and sacred beasts and divine birds lingering outside the calamity aura, showing its extraordinary nature.

Qin Ming accumulated calamity energy and stepped into the Pure Land. Wherever he passed, black footprints appeared on the ground, fallen flowers burned, and jade grass turned to ashes.

He unleashed his full power, his aura of calamity surging forth, relentlessly striking his opponent.

At the same time, he was also practicing the "Ultimate Golden Body" and manifested a precious pestle in his hand to protect himself and deal with emergencies.

The goddess felt her hair stand on end and her white robes fluttered. For the first time, she showed a look of shock, because she finally realized what it was: her opponent was actually riding on the aura of calamity.

How is this possible? This is simply not a method that the younger generation can master.

The celestial deity gave a soft shout and lightly flicked his jade fingers, making the dimmed Heavenly Phoenix, Qilin, and other creatures clear again. Instantly, the roars of sacred beasts and the cries of divine birds resounded throughout the inner landscape.

The Kunpeng spread its wings and pounced on Qin Ming; the Golden Crow streaked across the void, burning its opponent; the Seven-Colored Peacock cried out, as if it wanted to devour the entire inner landscape.

However, Qin Ming remained completely calm and showed no fear whatsoever.

He wielded the vajra and, with a deafening roar, blasted the seven-colored peacock that swooped down to devour him.

Even without the aura of calamity, he was still terrifyingly strong.

His supreme golden body shone brightly, and when he swung the precious pestle, the entire inner landscape trembled slightly. The golden crow that came with raging flames was smashed and disintegrated in mid-air.

Upon seeing this, the gods' faces turned solemn.

In an instant, she radiated boundless precious light, and was covered by holy radiance from head to toe. From her hair to her bones, everything was crystal clear, releasing a rich Daoist charm and resonating with the nine-colored tree branches.

At this moment, the branch in her hand was sharper than a celestial blade and more dangerous than a celestial sword. As it gently swept across the void, the five elements were about to become unbalanced, the earth, fire, wind, and water were unstable, and the inner landscape was about to disintegrate.

She briefly blocked the overwhelming aura of calamity once again.

Outside its body, thunder roared, wind howled, and fire raged.

Then, the woman in white made a desperate gamble. Her entire body was covered in divine patterns, her flesh was translucent, and the blood flowing inside was composed of various glowing characters, emitting a Daoist sound.

"A true divine body!" The Butterfly Maiden's scalp tingled. Had the young man from the Li family actually driven His Highness to this point? He had used the trump card of the divine realm.

Moreover, inside the scene, the fluttering petals were engraved with words and were all glowing, making the divine paradise truly live up to its name.

The woman in white was truly like a goddess descended from heaven; every inch of her snow-white skin radiated divine light, and even her pupils shot out lightning-like beams.

Any other opponent would inevitably be suppressed by her; they simply couldn't withstand her power.

The woman in white, wielding the power of her divine resurgence, resonated with the entire interior landscape, her aura reaching its peak.

However, even after she launched a full-scale attack, she was still corrupted. The calamity was as deep as an abyss, threatening to engulf her, and her white clothes were about to be set on fire.

No matter how profound and unparalleled her Jade Capital lineage was, and how hundreds and thousands of runes flew out from the nine-colored tree branches, they could not stop the calamity.

On the nine-colored tree branch, the leaves of different colors—purple, golden, and more—were withered and yellowed, falling softly.

In the face of absolute power, all those wonderful methods pale in comparison.

The woman in white blocked four tribulations, but starting from the fifth, the tree branch in her hand caught fire and eventually broke in the sacred land of the gods.

In an instant, she connected nine layers of magic seals, but she still couldn't stop the invasion of the calamity energy. She staggered backward, and with each step she took, her inner world trembled violently, leaving shattered footprints on the ground.

In fact, Qin Ming was very tired and couldn't keep converting his tribulation energy, but his opponent couldn't hold on any longer.

The woman in white acted decisively. The instant her wide sleeves burst into flames, her nine great seals merged into one, sweeping across the divine pure land and blocking her opponent's path.

"Huh?" Qin Ming felt a sense of horror and suddenly stopped.

Soon, he learned what had happened: was his opponent going to destroy him along with everyone else?

The woman in white tore apart her inner world and the torn it towards Qin Ming.

In Esoteric Buddhism, the inner vision is the foundation of the path to divinity. Once it is destroyed, unless someone who practices special scriptures can achieve Nirvana again, it is equivalent to severing the path to divinity.

Qin Ming hadn't expected her to be so resolute. Under these circumstances, even he had to retreat rapidly to prevent the destruction of the inner landscape.

Now that the two are connected and merged into one, as if they were a single entity, if that terrifying rift were to spread, Qin Ming would also be "forced to face the calamity".

With a deafening roar, a sound even more terrifying than thunder, a section of the inner landscape in front of him shattered and hurtled towards Qin Ming.

"Are you crazy?" He retreated repeatedly, using his calamity energy to "cut" the target.

At the same time, two trees, one black and one white, appeared behind him. Sometimes they were lush and leafy, and sometimes they had withered leaves falling. Their life and death were uncertain, and they stabilized the pure land of the gods.

Rumble.

Ahead, the inner realm of the celestial being crumbled, and she broke free, as if ascending to heaven on a cloud.

Qin Ming realized that the woman in white wasn't that crazy. This was a pre-prepared countermeasure. She had simply torn apart a part of the Divine Pure Land and self-destructed a corner there, which could be restored afterward.

The key point is that the interior landscape she revealed is intertwined with Qin Ming's Divine Pure Land.

"Suppress!" Qin Ming shouted.

The black and white twin trees withered and then flourished again, fixing the exit of the inner landscape. Qin Ming's spiritual field expanded further, blocking the way and sealing off the front line.

In the end, although he was impacted, he also averted the disastrous consequences, and his own sacred land remained unharmed.

However, Qin Ming himself was dressed in tattered clothes and looked quite disheveled. Although he had borrowed a body, he couldn't be completely naked. The clothes he was wearing were half-destroyed, giving him a "battle-damaged" appearance.

He charged out, radiating murderous intent. Although he had the upper hand earlier, he ended up looking disheveled.

In contrast, although the interior was torn in one corner, the other person remained elegant, and the only difference was that the sleeves of their clothes were missing, revealing their fair arms.

"kill!"

Qin Ming rode on his sword, the Pure Yang Sword radiating light, allowing him to briefly fly through the night sky, traversing the night like a shooting star.

The celestial being transformed into a streak of light and actually dodged it. Its speed was far beyond imagination, even faster than Qin Ming's sword strike.

"A body of flowing light!" Qin Ming was taken aback. He thought of his opponent on the dueling stage—a celestial being.

The woman in black also possessed this legendary movement technique, which allowed her to move with extreme speed, even faster than his black and white diagram, which incorporated eight kinds of sacred evil.

Unless he merges with the nine sacred evil spirits and goes all out to transform into chaotic evil spirits, he really won't be able to catch up with his opponent.

"The Flowing Light Body represents one of the world's fastest speeds!" Butterfly Girl was secretly shocked. Her Highness's various powerful methods had all been forced out by the other party.

"A celestial being, a goddess, one dressed in black, the other in white, their names are so similar. Are they the same person who took two different paths, or are they sisters, both disciples of the Jade Capital?"

As for appearance and aura, these external traits can be concealed at a certain level.

Regardless of whether it was the celestial being he knew or not, they were now on the Battle God Stage, engaged in a fierce battle. Qin Ming could not show any mercy; out of respect for his opponent, he would naturally go all out.

"Hiss, how is this possible? He's catching up with His Highness!" Butterfly Girl exclaimed in alarm.

Qin Ming's sword light surged beneath his feet as he quietly unleashed the Chaos Fiend, rapidly attacking his opponent.

Just as he was about to catch up with his opponent and unleash a sword strike, the scenery before his eyes blurred, and darkness engulfed the heavens and the earth. Had his opponent once again used the wondrous technique of the Jade Capital to banish his consciousness into the abyss?
Qin Ming was not afraid. It wasn't the first time he had experienced this. Once a method had been used against him and was countered, would it be expected to work again the second time?

With a whoosh, he broke free from this domain, but what he saw before him was not the Battle God Platform, but a desolate moon palace, accompanied by a sweet osmanthus tree, its fragrance wafting through the air.

A young man wielding a huge axe came crashing down from under the cassia tree, his murderous aura terrifying.

In addition, a large rabbit carrying a pestle, also yelling, charged towards them.

Most importantly, a white-robed celestial being appeared, bringing with him the incredibly dense Yin energy of the Guanghan Palace, intending to freeze the opponent's consciousness.

A black and white diagram appeared, and Qin Ming activated his Yin-Yang Eyes, fully reviving it and transforming it into a Tai Chi diagram. It slowly rotated around his body, and even though this was the source of Yin energy, it could not harm him. "God, is your power limited to this?" The Tai Chi diagram in front of Qin Ming spun, and with a soft "poof," it killed the axe-wielding youth. Then, he grabbed the large rabbit, quickly skinned it, threw it into the mortar and pestle, and immediately activated his Fire Fiend technique, burning the cassia tree to boil the rabbit.

Outside the Battle Arena, the Butterfly Maiden stared in disbelief. Was this a savage? He was truly fierce, actually burning cassia branches to cook rabbit. How could he do such a thing?

The Butterfly Maiden knew very well that all the scenery there was a manifestation of His Highness's divine power and spirit. Did this guy want to devour His Highness?

The goddess let out a cold snort, shattering all the scenery and returning to reality. She had used the power of the Taiyin Source, which, although a single-attribute divine power, was now even more terrifying than a mixture of multiple attributes. This was a path that could allow one to achieve godhood by borrowing a domain, but not only had the other party blocked it, it actually wanted to devour her!

Black and white mist rose beneath Qin Ming's feet, and a Tai Chi diagram rotated behind him. He transformed into a streak of light and charged toward the woman in white, as if he were about to slay a god.

After a brief encounter, the woman in white's expression changed drastically. This monster was strong in every way. When the Chaos Sword Fiend swept over it, the beam of light emitted by her Heavenly God Finger shattered, proving utterly useless.

Moreover, blood was dripping from her fingertips, as she was nearly injured by the sword's aura. A lock of her hair was also cut off, and her face was grazed by the streaks of light emanating from the sword's aura, leaving a bloody mark.

Qin Ming roamed freely between heaven and earth, moving at the extreme speed.

Suddenly, he once again stumbled into the unknown realm, as if he had entered a city on earth. The scene was initially hazy, but then gradually became clear.

A city lay before him, and he stood within it, surrounded by the vibrant atmosphere of everyday life.

Qin Ming's pure Yang consciousness is being eroded and suppressed, seemingly turning him into an ordinary person.

Immediately, his divine wisdom was also fundamentally shaken.

There have always been rumors that the mortal world's hustle and bustle could shake down all the immortals and gods in the sky!
"This statement is not entirely wrong. The intense worldly atmosphere, when it reaches its extreme, is full of mottled spiritual energy, which can pollute the consciousness and wisdom. However, pure yang can wash away the dust and grime, and is fearless!"

Qin Ming was protected by the Heavenly Light, and he already possessed pure Yang energy. Therefore, after being suppressed for a short time, he regained his boundless vitality and was full of vigor.

Clearly, Yujing has conducted in-depth research in this area, extracting a certain kind of "mortal calamity energy" from the mortal world, which is even more powerful in terms of pollution and erosion.

The woman in white walked the path of esoteric Buddhism to become a god, obtained the highest inheritance from the Jade Capital, knew many techniques, practiced the corresponding methods, and collected the corrosive energy originating from the mortal world.

Now, she has transformed into a city, intending to trap Qin Ming within it.

A large number of constables appeared in the city, all carrying shackles and other chains, to put on the opponents ahead.

"The mortal tribulation lock!" Butterfly Maiden was shocked. His Highness had used all his trump cards. One could imagine what kind of situation he had been forced into.

This city was created by the woman in white using the fourth realm of Tantric Buddhism, "Tong You" (通幽). It is filled with various kinds of energy, with the energy from the special terrain being the most dominant.

This was originally her future divine city, but now it's being used to trap the enemy.

"kill!"

The city was filled with shouts of killing. In addition to the constables, soldiers appeared, densely packed, all carrying shackles, to put Qin Ming in order to arrest him.

"Do you really think this city can suppress me into an ordinary person, so that you can take it down?"

The next moment, amidst various "qi" and within this city that involved the spiritual realm, Qin Ming ruthlessly swung his greatsword, crashing it down on swathes of the army.

With a series of bangs, the first constables to appear exploded one after another, turning into a bloody mist.

However, some worldly tribulations still fell on Qin Ming, but they all broke with a cracking sound as his internal Chaos Force erupted.

The gods were alarmed; did this person truly have no weaknesses?

She was well-versed in various classic texts and possessed many wonderful techniques, yet none of them worked on the person before her.

Clearly, the mortal tribulation energy could not suppress Qin Ming and could not transform him into a mortal. He charged through the city, and with each swing of his hammer, those clad in armor exploded in droves, limbs severed and blood mist rising, creating a scene resembling a battlefield of carnage.

What does it mean to be able to suppress an entire city? Qin Ming is demonstrating this now. If the mortal tribulations cannot imprison him, then the attackers in the entire city are no different from an ordinary army.

Qin Ming slammed his hammer into the city gate, which exploded, and hordes of armored warriors were buried beneath the collapsing gate tower. He easily broke through the encirclement.

boom!
The moment he returned to reality, Qin Ming smashed the giant hammer formed from the Holy Fiend in front of his opponent. At this moment, the woman in white used various means, but the light barrier around her body was still shattered, and she was forced to retreat.

Blood was trickling from the corner of her mouth, and her snow-white clothes were now almost as tattered as Qin Ming's.

"Kill!" Qin Ming seemed to still be caught up in the earlier battles in the city. His fighting spirit was high and his killing intent was surging. He charged forward, wielding his sledgehammer.

The goddess remained calm; her tattered white robes fluttered in the wind, and a smile even appeared on her lips. In her view, the city had fulfilled its intended purpose, stirring the emotions of her opponent and making him less aloof and composed.

With a gentle wave of her hand, a chain flew out from her mental field, ignoring space and defenses, and appeared in Qin Ming's mind, intending to lock his consciousness and pull it out of his body.

This is a unique skill recorded in the Jade Capital Heavenly Book, which can be described as a divine skill. At crucial moments, the woman in white uses it to invade the mind of her opponent.

At this moment, none of Qin Ming's various methods could defend against it.

He was indeed alarmed and deeply wary of the legacy of Yujing.

"Hey!"

In the most critical moment, Qin Ming slashed out a figure in his heart, pushed it towards the chain, and let it be swept away.

This is a technique from the Jade Book—Slaying the Heart Monkey, which means cutting off one's negative emotions and ultimately refining them into a great medicine.

Qin Ming was well-versed in the Jade Book, but his mental power was very pure, making it difficult for him to generate too many negative emotions. Therefore, he never tried to slay the so-called "Mind Monkey."

Not long ago, he went on a killing spree in that city, his violent aura soaring, which did indeed disturb his peaceful state of mind, allowing the other party to take the opportunity to break into his mental realm.

At this moment, the opportunity to slay the Heart Monkey also arrived, and Qin Ming seized the opportunity.

That was not a mind filled with negative emotions, but merely a mind created by Qin Ming's momentary strike, specifically for this time and place, and could be erased at any time.

"Huh?!" The goddess was startled. She was shocked to find that she had actually locked up a hairy monkey. The thunder god's mouth materialized a big stick, which smashed down on her head.

"Since you want it, here you go!" Qin Ming followed his heart's desire, now immersed in the jade calligraphy, his heart surging with emotion, and in the process, he slashed out another "horse of intent".

In an instant, a wild and majestic horse materialized outside Qin Ming's body, raising its massive hooves and trampling towards the celestial being.

The restless mind and wandering will simultaneously unleash their most ferocious attack on the gods.

Qin Ming's eyes immediately cleared, his mind became peaceful, and he was in his calmest state. He then made a powerful move.

With a snap, he used the Hunyuan Sword Fiend to cut through the chain, completely releasing the Heart Monkey.

For a moment, the goddess was completely passive, unable to lock down Qin Ming's true consciousness, and thus provoked his restless mind and wandering thoughts, which were now attacking her frantically.

In addition, Qin Ming's true form put the woman in white in a dangerous situation.

"Ah..." She felt a sharp pain in her head; she had been hit by the monkey with a stick.

With a thud, she took a solid kick to the back of the Pegasus Flying Immortal Fist!

Qin Ming's true form was also repeatedly attacking her.

The goddess vomited blood, feeling extremely disheartened. If the Heart Chain had locked onto the opponent's "original consciousness," there would have been a series of deadly moves that could have taken the opponent to the heavens and completely suppressed them. However, everything was disrupted, and she could no longer use them.

She hadn't expected the battle to collapse in an instant. She was powerless to turn the tide and was repeatedly struck by the Heart Monkey's big club and attacked by the Will Horse. In addition, Qin Ming personally intervened, leaving her severely injured and coughing up blood continuously.

"Your Highness, admit defeat!" Butterfly Maiden couldn't bear to see the once unapproachable prince with disheveled hair, looking so miserable.

The goddess sighed, knowing that all was lost and she had already been defeated.

At this moment, she refused to admit defeat, so her opponent relentlessly attacked her, leaving multiple wounds on her body, staining her white clothes with blood.

The Butterfly Maiden couldn't stand it any longer and shouted from outside the Battle Arena, "Stop! My prince has lost. He's willing to spend time with you and even consider becoming your Daoist partner, isn't that enough?!"

"I concede!" The goddess no longer hesitated. She felt that if she delayed any longer, she would suffer a huge loss, not only a crushing defeat but also a loss of her foundation and a severe blow to her vitality.

Qin Ming was suspicious. What was going on?
He asked, "Is what you're saying true?"

As he spoke, the sword in his hand transformed into a giant hammer, and with a bang, it struck the goddess on the forehead again, completely weakening her fighting power to prevent any traps.

The woman in white had a splitting headache, and her mental field was violently shaking, making it unstable. Even though she had already stopped, she was hit with another blow, her forehead bone almost cracked, and a large bump bulged on her fair forehead at a visible speed.

"It's true! Don't do it anymore!" the Butterfly Girl cried out anxiously.

Qin Ming muttered to himself, "Why is the new ranking suddenly so generous? After passing this test, they're actually giving away wives and Daoist partners?"

(End of this chapter)