I want to tread the heavens

Billions of starlight converged, transforming into a silver beam that pierced the heavens and earth, precisely striking the center of the face in the middle.

A beam of light pierced through and emanated from the back of his head.

Then it made a turn in the void and pierced through the left side of the face.

Turn another corner, and it goes right through the face.

Three faces were linked together by the same beam of light.

Like three candied hawthorns strung together with silver needles.

"ah--!!!"

The Starry Mirror is shattered.

It wasn't broken, but rather "burned to ashes".

The entire mirror, starting from its frame, turned to ashes inch by inch, scattering into the air. The "Great Path of Stars" sealed within the mirror was also completely exhausted in that attack, and from then on, the "Great Path of Stars," this complete law of heaven and earth, no longer existed in the myriad realms.

And Su Yingxue...

She knelt in the center of the array, head bowed, hands on the ground, her long hair cascading down to cover her face.

Her body is disappearing.

Starting from the feet, they gradually transformed into silver specks of light, like grains of sand in the wind, scattering and disappearing.

"Yingxue!!!"

The barrier finally shattered.

Ling Zhan rushed in, threw himself at her, and tried to hug her, but found that his hands passed right through her body.

Su Yingxue's body has become transparent, illusory, and... almost non-existent.

"No...don't touch me..."

Su Yingxue struggled to lift her head, a weak smile appearing on her face:

"I have lingering traces of annihilation power within me... which will harm you..."

"I don't care!"

Ling Zhan's eyes were bloodshot as he frantically poured his own primordial immortal essence into her body, but it was like throwing a stone into the sea, with no response whatsoever.

Because Su Yingxue's "existence" is being erased from this world.

The forbidden array she activated came at the cost of the complete annihilation of her own existence. Not death, but the annihilation of having "never existed."

From this day forward, the name "Su Yingxue" will cease to exist in all the heavens and myriad realms.

She will not be in Ling Zhan's memory, she will not be in Ling Xiao's memory, she will not be in anyone's memory.

She came, loved, fought, and sacrificed.

But nobody remembers.

"No...no...no!!!"

Ling Zhan roared to the sky, his voice as mournful as a dying lone wolf:

"There must be a way! Yingxue! Tell me! There must be a way to save you!"

"tell me!!!"

"That's all, war."

Su Yingxue reached out, wanting to touch his face, but her hand stopped in mid-air and did not fall.

She was afraid, afraid that the power of annihilation in her hands would harm the man she loved so deeply.

"The Starfall Clan's forbidden formation... once activated... it's irreversible..."

"My existence is being erased... Soon... you will forget me... everyone will forget me..."

"No! I won't!" Ling Zhan stared intently at her, his eyes filled not with tears, but with blood. "I will never forget you! Never!"

"fool……"

Su Yingxue smiled, a gentle smile, a smile tinged with sadness:

"This is erasure at the level of the laws... it's not a matter of whether you want it or not..."

"However... there's one thing... perhaps it's possible..."

Her gaze fell on the edge of the array.

There, the teleportation array was ninety percent lit, and the baby inside was still fast asleep, the jade pendant around its neck emitting a warm glow.

"My existence will be erased... but 'love' will not..."

"My love for you... my love for Xiao'er... will remain in another form..."

She raised her hand and gently touched the jade pendant.

hum-

The jade pendant vibrated.

A faint silver light flew out from Su Yingxue's dissipating body and disappeared into the jade pendant.

"This...is my last strength...and my...final blessing..."

Su Yingxue's body had dissipated down to her waist.

But she was still smiling, smiling so beautifully, so beautifully it was heartbreaking.

"Zhan...promise me three things..."

"Tell me!" Ling Zhan knelt before her, clenching his teeth to stifle his sobs. "I'll agree to anything, ten thousand things!"

"First... take Xiao'er to the Old Land... that is the last 'lawless land' in all the heavens and myriad realms... the Heavenly Dao no longer exists, all laws have withered... it is the only place that can shield the Demon Emperor's senses..."

"Second...don't tell Xiao'er about me...don't let him know...he has a mother who sacrificed everything for him...don't let him...bear such a heavy burden of love..."

"third……"

Su Yingxue's voice grew weaker and weaker, her body fading into her chest:

"Live well...for me...and even more so for Xiao'er..."

"I want to watch Xiao'er grow up... watch him get married and have children... watch him... be happy and joyful..."

"That way... I'll have no regrets..."

As soon as she finished speaking, her body completely vanished.

Transforming into countless silver specks of light, like a reversed Milky Way, they surged into the sky, into the starry heavens, and into the boundless depths of the universe.

Ultimately, it disappeared.

It's as if it never existed.

At the heart of the formation, there was utter silence.

The only sounds were the hum of the teleportation array and the even breathing of a baby.

Ling Zhan knelt on the ground, head bowed, motionless.

He tried to recall what Su Yingxue looked like, but found that his memories of her were rapidly blurring and fading away.

Her appearance, her voice, her smile, everything about her...

They are all disappearing.

"No...no..."

Ling Zhan clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging deep into his palms, drawing blood.

He desperately wanted to remember, to etch everything about that woman into the depths of his soul.

But it was useless.

Erasure at the level of laws is something that willpower cannot resist.

Three breaths later, Ling Zhan raised his head.

His eyes were blank.

"Why...am I here?"

He muttered to himself, looking at the empty array core, at the teleportation array in operation, and at the sleeping baby inside...

Only a vague thought remained in my mind:

"We must protect this child..."

"We must take him back to the old land..."

"Whose request is this?"

He couldn't remember.

All I remember is that it was very important.

It's so important that we must accomplish it at all costs.

Ling Zhan stood up, walked to the teleportation array, and picked up the baby.

The baby stirred in his arms and opened its eyes.

Those were eyes as pure as crystal, reflecting Ling Zhan's bewildered face.

And deep within the jade pendant around the baby's neck, a faint silver light shimmered gently.

As if to say:

"Don't be afraid, Xiao'er."

"Mother is here."

"It's always been here."

Outside the Heavenly Palace, the black aura left behind by the defeated Demon Emperor is slowly dissipating.

But the war is not over yet.

Although three of the Seven Deadly Sins Demon Lords have perished, the remaining four continue to lead the remnants of the demon race in a frenzied attack. Without the Demon Emperor's suppression, these demons have become even more frenzied and reckless.

The defenses of the Heavenly Palace have reached their limit.

"The garrison commander!"

A celestial general, covered in blood, rushed into the center of the formation and knelt on one knee:

"The outer defenses have completely collapsed! The demons have stormed into the central courtyard of the Heavenly Palace! They'll arrive here in no more than a hundred breaths!"

Ling Zhan slowly turned around.

The confusion in his eyes had vanished, replaced by a chilling killing intent.

"Pass on the order."

His voice was hoarse and metallic:

"All those still alive, evacuate to the core area and activate the final self-destruct mechanism."

"In the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, I will make this celestial palace, this entire star field—"

"To be buried with all the brothers who died in battle."

The heavenly general trembled, then kowtowed heavily:

"Yes, sir!"

He turned and rushed out.

Ling Zhan looked down at the baby in his arms, a hint of tenderness flashing in his eyes:

"Xiao'er, your father may... not be able to watch you grow up."

"But I promise you, I will make sure you live."

"Definitely."

He carefully placed the baby back in the center of the teleportation array, then took a letter from his pocket and tucked it into the baby's swaddling clothes.

That was what he wrote last night, about the child's origins, about the secret of the Devouring Heaven Bloodline, about... a woman's entrustment that even he himself could no longer remember.

Although he didn't remember who the woman was, he knew that she must have been the most important person to him and his child.

"Walk."

Ling Zhan took one last look at the baby, then raised his hand and activated the teleportation array.

hum-

The light shone brightly.

Space distortion.

The baby's figure gradually blurred and became ethereal in the light.

In the last moment before disappearing, the baby suddenly reached out its little hand and gently grasped at Ling Zhan.

As if to say:

"Goodbye, Father."

Ling Zhan's eyes reddened.

But he didn't cry.

He simply straightened his back, gripped the Nine Heavens Thunder Spear tightly, turned around, and walked towards the entrance of the array.

There, the demon army had already surged in like a tidal wave.

"bring it on."

Ling Zhan's lips curled into a cold smile:

"Let me kill one last time, to my heart's content."

The gun is fired.

People follow.

Transforming into a bolt of purple lightning, it plunged into the boundless demonic tide.

From here on,

Not seeking survival.

But I ask,

A worthy death.

Just as the light from the teleportation array completely disappeared, a faint silver light suddenly shone from the jade pendant around the baby's neck.

Within the light, the faint silhouette of a woman could be seen.

She looked down at the sleeping child in her arms, her eyes filled with tenderness and reluctance.

"Xiao'er, be happy..."

The soft murmur drifted away on the wind.

The phantom transformed into specks of silver light and disappeared into the jade pendant.

From then on, this jade pendant will protect this child until he grows up, until he…

Embark on your own journey.

Ling Zhan will not remember any of this, and Ling Xiao will not know anything about it.

Only that jade pendant, and the wisp of remnant soul sealed within it, will remember forever.

I remember a woman who once deeply loved a man and a child.

I gave everything for them.

include,

Existence itself.