I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 697 The Demonic Tide Retreats (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

After a brief period of darkness and chaos, the people enveloped in blue flames suddenly felt light, and a cold, damp sea breeze carrying a salty smell rushed towards them.

Caught completely off guard, they all fell into the seawater outside the demonic tide. After fulfilling its mission, the blue fire shield quietly dissipated like bubbles.

Zhao Cangyun was the first to struggle to his feet from the seawater. He was soaked to the bone, and the wound on his chest, which had been severely injured by the Demon Emperor, had reopened and was bleeding again. However, he was completely unaware of this and just stared intently at the northern sky.

The shattered sky was like a torn black curtain, with a chilling void shining through the cracks. Countless faint points of soul light, like fireflies breaking free from fishing nets, were scattering out from the gaps in the demonic tide.

They converged into shimmering rivers, breaking free from the shackles of the Nine Provinces. Guided by the laws of heaven and earth, they transformed into pure light, gradually dissipating into the vast天地 (heaven and earth) and returning to the cycle of reincarnation.

"Senior Sister——"

Zhao Cangyun shouted angrily toward the north, but only the howling wind answered him.

Xin Wushuang carried the still unconscious Luo Qingsi on her back and comforted Shen Puning, who was crying so hard she could barely breathe. Her own eyes were also red.

Mo Ling, Shang Shixu, Bai Shengjie, and Yan Kongqing were also deeply grieved.

After cursing a few times, Hua Luosha charged northwards without hesitation, and Zhao Cangyun followed closely behind.

Just then, the center of the northern demonic tide suddenly collapsed violently, as if an unimaginably huge maw was devouring and absorbing everything in the demonic tide.

Rumbling--

A deafening roar that swept across the heavens and earth came from the north, and the dark demonic energy and the churning demonic shadows within it rushed back towards the center point at an alarming speed, like a receding tide.

The edge covered by the demonic tide quickly receded, revealing the shattered earth that had been hidden beneath it.

“That is…” Shen Puning covered her mouth, her voice trembling.

"The demonic tide is receding?" Shang Shixu exclaimed, unable to comprehend the situation before him.

"It's Senior Sister! It must be her!"

Zhao Cangyun forcibly ignited the dim golden flames of the Qilin around him, and riding the surging waves, he rushed towards the direction where the demonic tide was rapidly receding like an arrow.

Hua Luosha followed closely behind Zhao Cangyun, and the others did not hesitate at all. They all chased after the rapidly retreating demonic tide. Even if there was only a sliver of hope, they would never give up searching for Jiang Yi.

This place is very close to the original Northern Xuan Land. The demonic tide is receding faster and faster, and the seawater is receding, revealing the long-lost land.

Looking down from the sky, the once vast and bountiful Northern Xuan Continent is now shattered into pieces.

The massive rift valleys crisscrossed, their depths unfathomable, like grotesque scars on the earth. Mountains crumbled, rivers dried up, and once-prosperous cities were reduced to ruins, covered by thick layers of ash and black sand and gravel eroded by demonic energy.

There was not a trace of green, not a shred of life, only a desolate and lifeless wasteland.

Suppressing their grief, the group trudged through the ravaged land, frantically searching. They called out Jiang Yi's name, their divine senses scanning every crack and every ruin.

If she is alive, they want to see her; if she is dead, they want to take her back.

One day, two days, ten days... a month passed.

The demonic tide retreated northward, its range shrinking until it reached the far north edge of the continent.

The exhaustion and pain brought on a sense of weakness, and the growing sense of despair weighed on everyone's hearts like a boulder.

Shen Puning often wept silently, Hua Luosha's face grew more and more gloomy each day, Xin Wu's eyes lost their former luster, and Shang Shixu, Mo Ling, and Yan Kongqing silently maintained the magic array's vigilance.

Bai Shengjie silently cared for the critically injured and unconscious Luo Qingsi, doing everything in his power to save her life. Even the most resilient Zhao Cangyun collapsed to his knees on the scorched earth, slamming his fists into the ground and letting out a beast-like growl.

Finally, when the group arrived at the far north sea after following the demonic tide, they saw an unimaginably vast glacier, emitting a faint blue light, rising from the ground like a miracle.

Glaciers are not ordinary ice and snow; deep within their crystal-clear ice layers, they exude an aura that originates from the same source as the Xuanwu Heart Fire.

The glacier's sheer walls, smooth as a mirror, completely block the road to the far north and prevent any exploration by anyone.

Zhao Cangyun attacked the ice wall like a madman. The Qilin Golden Fire crashed into it, leaving only shallow scorch marks, which were instantly repaired by the ice layer... All the attacks were like ants trying to shake a tree, unable to budge the blue barrier in the slightest.

Hope has been completely extinguished.

……

At that time, deep within the Kunwu Mountains on the Eastern Continent, within the Cangling Sect.

Inside a warm room, the fire in the stove was burning brightly.

Danxi, Longri, and the peak masters of the other two peaks sat around an exquisite jade table, leisurely playing cards to relieve the inexplicable anxiety they had been feeling lately.

Since Jiang Yi and his group entered the depths of the demonic tide, the demons have reduced the frequency of their sneak attacks. Apart from the increasingly tense battles in the Floating Light Sea and the Southern Wilderness, the affairs of the Dinghai Pavilion and the Mountain and Sea Alliance have not been too busy.

But Danxi didn't know when it started, she was restless. She didn't dare let her bad thoughts run rampant, so she would call Longri over to play cards whenever she had free time.

She loses nine out of ten times, but as long as she loses, Danxi is happy. She always feels that as long as her luck is bad, Heaven will make up for it in other ways.

"One of Bamboo." Danxi casually played a card.

Click!

With a cracking sound, the jade 'One of Bamboo' tile suddenly split open without warning.

Seeing this, Long Ri teased, "Senior Sister Danxi, your grip is a bit too strong, isn't it? Are you getting angry because you lost so badly that you're taking it out on the cards? No, really no..."

But when Long Ri saw Dan Xi's face clearly, his teasing smile instantly froze on his face.

Danxi's face drained of all color the moment the card cracked, turning a terrifyingly pale white.

Her fingers were still in the position of playing cards, trembling slightly. Her pupils contracted as she stared intently at the cracked card, like a... crane with a broken neck!
"This is impossible!"

Danxi suddenly stood up, and the relaxed atmosphere in the warm pavilion instantly froze.

Just then, the door to the warm pavilion was pushed open abruptly, and a disciple rushed in excitedly to report.

"True Venerable Danxi, urgent message from Dinghai Pavilion! The Northern Region... the Northern Region... the demonic tide has receded!"

Danxi rushed to the disciple and asked, "Are they back? Is Jiang Yi back?"

That disciple was merely a messenger; he personally ran the errand to ensure the message was delivered, without using a communication talisman. Faced with Danxi's questioning, the disciple honestly replied, "Not yet, but the Alliance Leader has instructed the True Venerable to quickly go to the Qingwei Sword Sect to investigate together."

Danxi hesitated for a moment, her body still trembling uncontrollably. At this moment, she didn't even have the courage to go back and take another look at Jiang Yi's soul lamp.

"understood!"

Danxi replied in a deep voice and headed straight for the Qingwei Sword Sect.

(End of this chapter)