Swing the sword at the future female devil

Chapter 475 Epilogue Part Two: Your Highness, You've Misunderstood

Hei Taiqing stared intently at Yan Qiuxi, his chaotic pupils almost overflowing with resentment, but he could no longer utter any words of rebuttal.

The defeat was inevitable. Her resentment and her plans were utterly shattered by the opponent's meticulously planned scheme, which had taken everything from the past to the future.

Saintess Taiqing looked at her sealed, resentful "self," and a complex emotion flashed in her pure, starry eyes—sadness, relief, and unwavering determination.

She walked to the very core of the altar, where the energy was chaotic due to the great battle, and the spatial damage was particularly evident.

“It’s time.” Her voice was ethereal yet resolute, like the tolling of a bell announcing a turning point in fate, ultimately settling into a do-or-die determination.

Saintess Taiqing formed an ancient holy mudra with her hands in front of her chest, and pure light emanated from her body, growing ever brighter.

"Mountains and Rivers Map! Suppress it!" The voice of the Holy Maiden Taiqing came through the radiance, carrying an unquestionable command.

Duan Huaige's mind sharpened. He suppressed the intense pain from his injuries and the weakness caused by the depletion of his spiritual energy, and immersed all his will into the complete scroll of the Jiangshan Sheji Map!
“Buzz——!!!”

The Landscape Scroll erupted with unprecedentedly brilliant divine light! It was no longer a phantom projection, but a true manifestation! The scroll instantly expanded, transforming into a real miniature universe spanning tens of feet in diameter!
Mountains rise abruptly from the ground, their textures clearly visible, peaks upon peaks; rivers rush and roar, their waters thundering, waves splashing; the earth is heavy, its veins and dragon energy flowing like golden pythons beneath the soil, exuding a majestic aura of stability and enduring all things!

This small world, manifested by the Mountain and River Map, carries the most stable spatial laws and the original power of the earth veins that Duan Huaige comprehended after integrating the original Mountain and River Daoist tradition. It is like a huge, indestructible anchor, firmly nailed to the Kunlun Ruins space!
It provided the Holy Maiden Taiqing with an absolutely stable foundation, undisturbed by external chaos!

"The Wheel of Karma! Draw!" The voice of the Holy Maiden Taiqing rang out once more.

Yan Qiuxi rolled her eyes at Hei Taiqing, quickly forming hand seals. The phantom of the Karma Wheel appeared in front of her. Although its light was dim, it still exuded a mysterious and unpredictable fluctuation of destiny.

"Cause and effect are the proof! All sources flow back to the source!" Yan Qiuxi poured her last bit of power, along with her understanding of the myriad phenomena of the mortal world, into the Karma Reversal Wheel!
The illusory image of the Karma Wheel suddenly lit up and began to spin at a speed that defied all reason! On the wheel, countless illusory silver threads composed of the power of cause and effect spread out as if they were alive!
These causal threads were precisely divided into three strands: the first strand was the thickest and most solid, like a silver vine, which directly wrapped around the red lotus dharma image that Saintess Taiqing had unleashed.

The second force, carrying a profound power that could penetrate the seal, ignored the obstruction of the Mountain and River Map chains and entered the imprisoned Hei Taiqing's body, wrapping around her chaotic core filled with violence and destruction!

The third thread is the most ethereal and elusive. Like an invisible tentacle, it probes into the ceaseless river of time, precisely capturing and anchoring a dark trajectory filled with the aura of destruction and the end of days amidst countless surging waves and forks in the road of fate!

Three streams of light—the pure past, the frenzied present, and the void future—began to revolve, approach, and collide around the core of the Holy Maiden Taiqing! A profound aura, transcending a single point in time and containing all the possibilities of "Taiqing," spread out!
The moment the three distinct and even mutually repulsive primordial forces collided and converged within the cocoon of light, the entire miniature world manifested by the Mountain and River Map trembled violently! A terrifying energy, as if the heavens and earth were being created, raged and clashed within!
The figure of the Holy Maiden Taiqing twisted violently and flickered within the cocoon of light, her face alternating between pure compassion, venomous ferocity, and nihilistic indifference—a fierce struggle between the three wills!
Seeing this, Duan Huaige didn't stand idly by either. He frantically activated the Mountain and River Dao Law, maximizing the stability of the Mountain and River Map!
The manifested mountains and rivers burst forth with a thick, earthy yellow light, and the earth's dragon energy transformed into countless golden chains, wrapping around the violently fluctuating cocoon of starlight from all directions, as if putting the strongest shackles on a furnace about to explode!
A dazzling pillar of light, whose color and shape defy description, shot into the sky from the cocoon of light! It seemed to encompass all the light in the world, yet it was as profound as the beginning of the universe!

It easily pierced through the world manifested by the Mountain and River Map, pierced through the chaotic sky of Kunlun Ruins, as if connecting endless time and space! A vast, ancient, yet full of new life and infinite possibilities aura swept out like a tide!
Within the pillar of light, a figure slowly emerged. She still possessed the appearance of the Holy Maiden Taiqing, but her temperament had undergone a complete transformation. Her eyes were as deep as the ancient starry sky, their pure depths reflecting the vicissitudes and compassion accumulated through countless calamities, and containing a profound wisdom that understood cause and effect and transcended worldly concerns.

The three bodies return to one... Tracing back to the origin!

The pillar of light contracted, transforming into a phantom battle armor flowing with runes that enveloped her. She was about to step into the reversed river, returning to the unchanging past, to alter her destiny!
“Duan Huaige,” the Holy Maiden Taiqing’s voice was ethereal and gentle, like a clear spring flowing, “once this matter is settled, I need to return to the source and completely sever the origin of that tragedy. But before that, there are some things that need to be explained.”

“Ancestor… oh no, Your Highness, please speak freely.”

"If I change the cause of my past, it will inevitably affect your present results. This means that once you step out of Kunlun Ruins, all traces I left behind will disappear, and the killings and calamities I caused will no longer exist."

"Although the killings I committed were not my intention, they were ultimately caused by me. Even if they could come back to life now, they could not truly atone for my sins. If possible, I hope you can apologize to them on my behalf."

Duan Huaige: ?

No, ancestor, you killed so many people in the past. How many times do I have to slide on my knees to atone for your sins? My knees would probably be worn flat by now!
"Ancestor... oh no, Your Highness, I don't think I'm the type of person who's suited to bowing my head..."

"This Tree of Life originated from chaos, contains the essence of birth and death, and has boundless potential." Saintess Taiqing lightly tapped her fingertip, and a pure radiance merged into the branches and leaves of A-Cao, instantly giving it a vibrant vitality.

"It has formed a deep karmic bond with you, and has taken root in your landscape painting, drawing nourishment from the origin of Kunlun Ruins and your Taoist teachings."

"Based on the stable small world within the Mountain and River Map, and guided by your Mountain and River Daoist techniques, it will help grow. The vitality and pure essence it reciprocates will be the strongest boost to the revival of Earth's spiritual energy and the birth of powerful beings. In the future Immortal Realm battlefield, it may become one of the keys to protecting this world."

"No, Your Highness, you've misunderstood. What I meant was..."

"I have eliminated the hidden dangers and limitations within it, and it is not impossible for it to take human form in the future."

Duan Huaige: ?

(End of this chapter)