Embers of Sword

Chapter 273 Gift of Ruyi

White paper flutters and floating clouds scatter.

Lu Yuzhen retreated lightly, his Taoist robe fluttering, his hands gathered into his sleeves, looking like he was just watching the fun.

Xie Xuanyi shook his head. Lu Yuzhen was really too ambitious!
In front of you is the realm of heaven and man, and you are only one step away from becoming an immortal.

The final beheading job was actually given to me?
but……

Although he thought so, Xie Xuanyi did not refuse.

He took a step forward silently and let out a breath of frustration.

hum!
A serious illness suddenly appeared between his eyebrows.

The aura of the Principle of Destruction surged in the void, 10%, 30%, and soon condensed to 90%...

He did not want to completely condense the Principle of Destruction at this moment.

This incomplete power of the Tao stopped at a point close to perfection!

"Mr. Lu, if you leave this matter to me, aren't you afraid that I will mess it up?"

The rolling sword intent spread in the void.

Xie Xuanyi stretched out his hands and grasped the hilt of the flying sword wrapped in pitch-black thunder. He chuckled, with a hint of teasing in his voice.

"Just draw your sword."

Lu Yuzhen said calmly: "You are best at killing people."

Xie Xuanyi's smile gradually faded.

He poured all his mind and attention into the flying sword!
If he wanted to kill the Qi Emperor who was on the verge of death, relying solely on the incomplete Dao of Destruction was certainly not enough...

There are very few practitioners in this world who can comprehend the two great ways in the cave realm.

The two avenues are located on the yin and yang sides.

They should be incompatible.

But if it appears on a cultivator and is forcibly integrated... incredible power will burst out.

Xie Xuanyi controlled a wisp of the law of life and placed it on the sword energy of Chen Yan.

The sword body wrapped in pitch-black thunder began to vibrate violently!
The Way of Life, under the control of Xie Xuanyi's powerful divine consciousness, was slowly injected into the chronic illness and merged with the Way of Destruction... The sword energy that emerged from the void suddenly became much sharper and stronger. This scene surprised Emperor Qi, who was sitting in the Fire Domain.

The addition of the Law of Life did not reduce the power of the Law of Destruction.

in contrast.

The entanglement of the two principles makes the sword intent wandering in the void become "powerful"!
Unfortunately.

This is just the incomplete rule of the Cave Heaven Realm.

If these were all there were, they would still not be enough to cause harm to an existence like Emperor Qi.

"Green carp."

Xie Xuanyi stood on the white paper cloud and suddenly opened his mouth and said this.

The real dragon swaying beside him trembled slightly, as if in response.

"Please help me."

Xie Xuanyi spoke in a deep voice, his face sincere: "If I want to kill Emperor Qi... I need your strength to use this sword!"

No matter how much luck a person in the Cave Heaven Realm has, even if he is truly a reincarnated immortal, the power he can exert is ultimately limited.

A cave is a cave.

If you want to injure a celestial being, you can only rely on external forces.

And Lu Yuzhen was waiting for this scene.

The Taoist master standing at the end of the white cloud had a complicated expression. He was absent-minded for a while, watching the aurora coming from the horizon. The True Dragon Dao gathered beside the young man in black, and countless thunders crackled. Within a few breaths, it turned into a girl in green, and stood beside Xie Xuanyi.

Xie Xuanyi stared at the face of the girl in green that was shrouded in brilliant light.

He can no longer tell the difference.

The "Green Carp" standing in front of him at this moment, is it her or him?

But he was sure.

This fierce battle lasted so long that both sides had run out of strength to deal a fatal blow to the other side.

Emperor Qi's Dharma image held the real dragon's body tightly, and even when his whole body was ignited with Taoist fire, he still did not let go. If possible, he naturally wanted to take the real dragon "on the road" with him.

"This sword...use all your strength, don't hold back."

The sound of the green carp is like the sound of nature, falling directly into the lake of heart.

Xie Xuanyi nodded.

Then, the girl in green slowly stretched out a hand and overlapped it with Xie Xuanyi's.

In an instant, the wind and thunder were violent, and the rolling clouds and steam were shaking and sweeping.

The entire Dayue Kingdom, which was originally as desolate as the fiery clouds at the end of the world, experienced a second tremor at this moment... Qingli injected the little remaining power of the True Dragon Dao into Xie Xuanyi's flying sword. At this moment, [Chronic Illness] was no longer just a flying sword, it contained three great ways.

Birth, death, and the way of Qingli.

Especially the third path, which has reached the level of heavenly perfection. After being injected into the flying sword, the seriously ill sword body cracked, as if it had been whipped by the Great Dao Pen, but the next moment it was repaired again by the True Dragon Dao, and the cracks gradually closed...

The purpose of injecting Qingli into this path is not to destroy the flying sword.

The sword energy surged a hundred times!
Xie Xuanyi took a deep breath, raised his hands, and chopped down. Everything happened in just a moment!
A huge sword light slashed down.

Like the axe that splits the sky.

Emperor Qi, who was sitting on the throne in the center of the Fire Domain, at the center of the Dharma Image's eyebrows, raised his head and greeted his own "death" in an extremely calm manner.

This death has been waiting for a thousand years.

The sword energy is like a dragon, coming down.

moment!

Emperor Qi, along with the flaming chair, were cut in half.

This sword was ten thousand feet long, and it cut open the broken and shattered giant, ripping it open with great momentum...

Xie Xuanyi looked solemn, silently feeling the lingering aftertaste of the flying sword.

The two principles of life and death that I injected into it are still "small" now and have not yet developed into the great way.

But the Dao of Qingli can be said to have almost reached its limit.

In this sword that opens the sky.

The Dao principles displayed by Qingli are as majestic as a swimming dragon!
Life and death are the two little carps that accompany the dragon!
This residual aura of the Dao is extremely strong, and it will take at least ten days or half a month to completely dissipate.

For Xie Xuanyi, this was another blessing...

"I have something to say to you."

Right now.

The girl in green suddenly spoke.

Xie Xuanyi immediately broke away from the perception of the Dao rhyme of the flying sword and looked sideways at "Him".

When this cold voice was heard, he knew... the one who had stood beside him and lent a helping hand was the real dragon from a thousand years ago.

The brilliance faded from the girl's cheeks.

The girl in green glanced at Lu Yuzhen who was not far away, waved her sleeves, and spread the true dragon law... Above the clouds, the waves were sparkling, and the fiery clouds were destroyed by the sword energy. The Dayue Kingdom was shrouded in the afterglow of the setting sun, like a miraculous mural of heaven and earth. The true dragon swayed its long body and gradually withdrew its Dharma image.

"Don't worry, you can talk freely. I will never eavesdrop."

Lu Yuzhen stepped back with a smile, raised his hands and shrugged to indicate that he meant no harm.

Rao is so.

The True Dragon Law has already fallen around Xie Xuanyi, forming a huge circle.

"senior……"

Xie Xuanyi asked sincerely: "What are your last words?"

Although this war has ended, there is no winner.

Emperor Qi was defeated.

It doesn’t mean... Qingli has won a great victory.

For a whole thousand years, the body and the soul were separated, and the fighting was fierce. Even the gods could not bear the cost of such a tragic battle.

Not to mention the lifespan of heaven and earth, which has an end.

The energy and demonic spirit consumed in this battle alone are enough to hollow out the body of a real dragon.

Xie Xuanyi knew that the disappearance of the true dragon's image was actually because Qingli was unable to continue supporting it... It wouldn't be long before this true dragon would also face "extinction".

"Actually, it's 'she' who has something to say to you."

The indifferent expression on the green-shirted girl's face changed slightly after she stared at Xie Xuanyi for a few breaths.

Her eyes gradually softened.

Her entire demeanor changed back to the "little mute girl" that Xie Xuanyi was familiar with.

The soul returns to its place and the supernatural powers are fully displayed.

Qingli could already speak freely at this moment...but she still gestured habitually, with a concerned look in her eyes and a nervous expression.

[“Are you okay? Are you hurt?”]

"I'm fine, don't worry." Xie Xuanyi immediately responded with a gesture.

In this dragon-killing battle, Qingli used the method of splitting the soul to sneak into Chencang... and defeated Emperor Qi by half a step.

For the past thousand years, the spirit has been walking in the Dayue Kingdom.

Eventually, they all returned to His Purple Palace Heart Lake.

Whether it is the little mute girl or anyone else, they are all a shadow of "Him". She is Him and He is her.

The girl paused for a moment.

She raised her hands, tapped her chest, and gestured again.

[“…Have you seen them?”]

This time.

Xie Xuanyi fell into a brief silence.

He knew what Qingli meant by pointing at his chest. Until this moment, there were still many fireflies moving towards him. The True Dragon Barrier only blocked Lu Yuzhen's spiritual thoughts, but did not reject the souls of the Dayue Kingdom. They were flocking to Xie Xuanyi's heart.

The place where Zifu’s heart lake is located.

Qingli wanted to inquire about the whereabouts of those Li Mei in Tiesuo Alley...

Xie Xuanyi thought of the wooden ox looking up at him, and also thought of the tragic picture reflected by the Way of Life.

He spoke slowly: "I...saw the wooden ox."

Qingli blinked and waited for Xie Xuanyi's next words.

Xie Xuanyi remained silent. He didn't know how to tell the little guy that the wooden ox had already died. This was the final fate of all the souls of the Dayue Kingdom.

"..."

After a moment of silence.

Qingli understood the answer.

The little mute girl's eyes, which were originally full of spirit, were covered with a layer of light mist. She lowered her fine eyelashes, and after a while, she gestured with trembling hands.

[“Where are the others? Have you seen Shanman?”]

The souls of those who died in the disaster that destroyed the Great Moon Kingdom.

Nine million in total.

What flows into the lake of one's heart is only a very small part.

Xie Xuanyi really wanted to lie to Qingli and tell her that he had seen these people and they were all living well.

only……

He couldn't say these words.

"Go back, come back."

"These people are already dead. After death, they will go to the right place. Life brings joy, death brings separation. This... is life. You have to learn to accept it."

At this moment, a cold voice sounded faintly.

The little mute girl was stunned.

This voice came from her mouth.

In this body, He is still the dominant one.

These words were spoken with extreme coldness and ruthlessness.

The little mute girl lowered her eyes, and for a moment, she didn't know what to do.

"don’t worry."

He smiled softly and said, "It will soon be our turn..."

As these words fell, the True Dragon barrier began to tremble.

Pieces of brilliant Dao principles, like colored glass and snowflakes, are extremely fragile. They shatter when blown by the wind and scatter in all directions.

Xie Xuanyi, standing in the barrier, looked at the scene with a complicated expression.

Qingli raised his head again, and the confusion, bewilderment and sadness in his eyes were all gone.

She is no longer herself.

He said calmly, "I don't have much time left, please forgive me."

The true dragon form has transformed into flying feathers, flying towards the sky.

At this moment, Qingli's whole body was swaying. She was on the boundary between "ambiguity" and "reality" and could turn into mist and disappear at any time.

Xie Xuanyi raised his head and frowned slightly.

He noticed that at this moment, the sky above Dayue Kingdom was swept by wind and clouds, and a line of defense was opened.

Perhaps it was because of the great battle between Emperor Qi and the real dragon that the might was too overwhelming and shattered the dark evil in the sky...

Or maybe the Ruyi Dao Rule completely collapsed, causing the formation pattern of the Dayue Kingdom's secret realm to no longer be solid...

In any case, this secret place buried under the snow-capped mountains finally received the first ray of light from the outside world.

This ray of light fell on the green carp.

Very disillusioning, but also very real.

After a thousand years of hard fighting, light finally came to him, but his true body was about to perish.

The green carp's Dharma image and true body were both swaying and trembling.

Under the skylight.

This scene is beautiful, or to be more precise... it is sad.

Xie Xuanyi fell into deep thought.

He vaguely felt that the scene before him seemed a little strange and illogical.

It’s not like he hasn’t seen great practitioners fall before.

According to rumors, when the time comes for great Taoist masters and Buddhist bodhisattvas to die, they will choose to seek liberation in a peaceful way by passing away through the arms of death.

This way of dying is the most "peaceful" way.

But now the green carp.

But it seems like it will be completely wiped out by this world...

Why is this?

……

……

"I promised you."

"If I can kill 'Emperor Qi', I will take some of his Ruyi Dao Law and give it to you."

Just as Xie Xuanyi was thinking, Qingli spoke.

She did not forget the promise she left to Xie Xuanyi when they parted.

But now Emperor Qi is dead.

The Ruyi Avenue has collapsed...where can we find the so-called "Ruyi Dao Law"?
Qingli slowly turned his head and looked not far away.

The white paper cave formed by the broken arm of the pure white saint.

"Wait, isn't it?"

When Lu Yuzhen saw Qingli's gaze, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

The two looked at each other for a brief moment.

Qingli's eyes were very calm, but the meaning was very obvious.

[“Open the cave and release the Dao.”]

"Definitely..."

Master Lu could only smile bitterly.

Good people do it to the end and send Buddha to the West.

He simply waved his sleeves and removed the white paper cave.

Without any restraints, the intricate Dao principles instantly fled in all directions.

"Wow!"

Seeing this scene, Qingli reached out his hand calmly.

The True Dragon Dao Principle enveloped the sky and effortlessly swept down all the incomplete Dao principles.

He held out his hand.

Emperor Qi died, but this part of the Ruyi Dao Rule did not dissipate directly...

Imprisoned by the Great Dao of the True Dragon.

These incomplete Ruyi Dao rules gathered together and turned into a smaller and weaker swimming fish.

Qingli smiled and said, "Xie Xuanyi, now that I have won... you can condense this part of the Ruyi Dao Principle into the 'God Fruit' you sought on this trip."

(End of this chapter)