At eighty, the Holy Sect's enchanting woman aided in achieving longevity.

Nangong Yue's delicate body trembled suddenly, and her jade hand, which was pressing on the control array hub, almost slipped.

She suddenly turned around, her usually calm and icy eyes now wide open, staring straight at Chen Changsheng as if she were looking at a crazy person who didn't know what was going to happen to him!

To cripple the Li family's number one genius is called "laying off the rear."

To empty the millennia-old secret vault is tantamount to annihilation!

Either of these two things is enough to make the Li family fight to the death!

That brat Chen Changsheng actually managed to bring both of these catastrophic disasters upon the Li family at once!

"You...you really looted their entire vault?"

Nangong Yue gasped, her voice trembling slightly, a rare occurrence.

"They weren't left with a single hair."

Chen Changsheng sighed and added quite sincerely.

Nangong Yue remained speechless for a long time, her mind completely blank from the shocking news.

When Nangong Yue stepped forward to save Chen Changsheng, she still held onto a last trump card.

If she really couldn't escape, she would take the initiative to reveal her identity as the legitimate daughter of the Nangong family.

Relying on the overwhelming prestige of the Nangong family in Cangnan Continent, they intimidated Li Yunheng and saved Chen Changsheng's life.

But now...

Nangong Yue completely abandoned this idea.

Chen Changsheng committed such a heinous act of wiping out an entire family, and the two sides had long been locked in a blood feud, a fight to the death!

Even if the head of the Nangong family were to come in person, the Li family would never let Chen Changsheng live in order to reclaim their thousand-year heritage and seek revenge!

Looking at Nangong Yue's ever-changing pretty face, Chen Changsheng felt a deep sense of guilt.

"Senior sister, I'm sorry... I've dragged you into this."

Chen Changsheng said in a low voice, his eyes filled with complex emotions and gratitude.

He and Nangong Yue were merely fellow disciples of the Cangwu Martial Academy, and their relationship was not even particularly deep.

Yet, in this life-or-death situation, this usually aloof and proud senior sister was willing to accompany him and bear the killing intent of a Nascent Soul expert.

Nangong Yue took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the turmoil in her heart.

She turned her head away, avoiding Chen Changsheng's gaze, and gave a cold snort. Although her tone was still tense, it had lost some of its aloofness.

"Why bother talking nonsense now?"

Now that we're on this mechanical crane, we're in the same boat!

"Besides... I have no intention of dying here with you!"

"Yunhe, unleash your full power!"

Nangong Yue gritted her teeth, her fingertips slicing through her flesh, and a drop of crimson blood instantly merged into the mechanical crane's heart-shaped array!

"hold head high!"

The mechanical crane let out a painful yet sharp wail, and all the rune array lines on its body suddenly burst into a dazzling crimson light.

Its wings flapped wildly, and its speed increased by 30% in an instant, like a blood-red arrow piercing the sky, suddenly pulling away the golden light behind it!

However, this method of forcibly burning the core of the magic array is destined to be unsustainable.

Just half an hour later, in the most famous desolate place outside Cangwu City.

The towering cliff of Broken Souls is now clearly visible.

Meanwhile, cracking and popping sounds echoed from both sides of the mechanical crane's wings. Dense cracks spread out like a spider web, and thick black smoke billowed from the wooden mechanical joints, its speed decreasing rapidly!

"Youngster! You think you can turn the world upside down with this lousy wooden carving?"

Prepare to die!

A deafening roar, like thunder, exploded behind the two of them!

Chen Changsheng looked back, his pupils contracting violently!

Suddenly, the Nascent Soul Grand Elder of the Li family had caught up to within a hundred feet. His face was as ferocious as a ghost, and his old and decrepit body was surrounded by an extremely terrifying Nascent Soul pressure!

"Oh no! We're falling!"

Chen Changsheng roared.

The Nascent Soul Grand Elder pointed out from mid-air, and a golden finger force about ten feet thick pierced through the air like a meteor, carrying an aura of world-destroying annihilation. It pierced through the void at an incredible speed and headed straight for Nangong Yue's back!

That attack contained the power of the laws of heaven and earth of a Nascent Soul expert. Before it even got close, Nangong Yue felt as if all the blood in her body had been frozen, and she didn't have time to mobilize any spiritual power to defend herself!

Dead end!

At the critical moment, a tall figure rushed over without hesitation!

With his Pure Yang Overlord Body's keen intuition for danger, Chen Changsheng used all his strength to hold Nangong Yue tightly in his arms, turned his back, and used his own body to block the Nascent Soul Finger Force!

"Pfft!"

A flash of golden light, and blood bloomed like ice crystals in the cold air!

Chen Changsheng's left scapula was instantly pierced through by this domineering finger force, leaving a bloody hole. The sound of bones shattering was enough to make one's teeth ache. The violent nascent soul spiritual power invaded his body through the wound, wantonly destroying his meridians!

Chen Changsheng spat out a mouthful of blood, his face turning ashen white in an instant, but he bit his tongue and, with his unwavering willpower, did not utter a sound!

Hot, scalding blood splattered onto Nangong Yue's fair, jade-like face.

Nangong Yue's delicate body trembled violently as she stared blankly at Chen Changsheng, who was holding her tightly in his arms.

Seeing the shocking bloody hole in his shoulder and feeling his body convulsing violently from the pain, Nangong Yue's long-held cold defenses were completely shattered in that instant.

"Chen Changsheng!"

Nangong Yue let out a scream that sounded like a sob, and hurriedly reached out her hands to support his falling body.

"Don't... don't worry about me..." Chen Changsheng gasped for breath, his voice weak but incredibly resolute, "The aftershocks... shattered the tail fins... the mechanical crane is going to explode..."

Before the words were finished, a loud bang was heard. The mechanical crane, which was already on the verge of collapse, finally exploded and disintegrated completely under the residual fluctuations of the Nascent Soul's finger force, turning into countless burning wood chips and ashes!

The two of them suddenly lost their footing and all support, plummeting straight down the precipice below!

Below, there was a vast, boundless sea of ​​clouds and raging winds of unknown depth.

Above them stood a Nascent Soul expert, a cold smile on his face, striding through the air towards them.

"Remember this in your next life: the Li family must never be dishonored!"

The Nascent Soul Grand Elder stood high in the sky, looking down at the two who had fallen into the sea of ​​clouds, and spoke coldly.

A fierce wind howled at the edge of the cliff.

Severely injured, Chen Changsheng struggled to reach out and tightly grasp Nangong Yue's slender wrist as he plummeted downwards.

With tears in her eyes, Nangong Yue gripped Chen Changsheng's palm tightly with her other hand, refusing to let go even a little.

Two figures were swept into the raging vortex of clouds and mist, instantly engulfed by the boundless fog, and plunged into the bottomless abyss...

On the precipice of Broken Souls, the howling wind was like the wailing of ghosts and wolves.

A tall, golden figure stood proudly on the edge of the cliff; it was none other than the powerful Nascent Soul Realm Grand Elder of the Li family.

His face was ashen, and the aura of his Nascent Soul emanated from his body as he stared intently at the endless, unfathomable sea of ​​clouds below.

"Hmph, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, falling off a sheer cliff, has no chance of survival!"

The Nascent Soul Grand Elder snorted coldly, but was by nature suspicious and cautious.

With a thought, his body blazed with golden light, transforming into a long rainbow that shot straight down into the sea of ​​clouds below the cliff. He intended to descend to the bottom of the cliff to personally search for the corpses of Chen Changsheng and the other man, and to reclaim the millennium-old treasure that had been stolen.

However, he had only gone down a few hundred feet.

"Hey!"

"Goo-hoo!"

Suddenly, several sharp and ear-piercing cries of ferocious birds erupted from the once calm sea of ​​clouds!

A dense array of enormous shadows shot into the sky from the crevices of the cliff and the depths of the clouds. These were hundreds and thousands of fourth-tier demonic birds, the Black-spined Iron-feathered Eagles, perched on the precipice of the Broken Soul Cliff!

Each of these demonic birds is comparable to the peak of Foundation Establishment or even the early stage of Nascent Soul. They are ferocious and violent by nature and have a strong sense of territory.

Upon seeing an outsider, a Nascent Soul expert, trespass into their nest, hundreds of Black-Spined Iron-Feathered Eagles instantly turned red with rage. Like countless iron swords in the sky, they unleashed a hurricane, sweeping across the land to besiege and annihilate the Nascent Soul Grand Elder!

"Damn it! There are so many ferocious beast lairs lurking beneath this Broken Soul Cliff!"

Caught off guard, the Nascent Soul Grand Master was bombarded by a barrage of iron feathers, and even his powerful Nascent Soul physique was shaken, causing his blood and qi to surge.

He unleashed several powerful palm strikes, shattering more than ten demonic birds. However, as he looked at the overwhelming and ever-growing tide of ferocious birds in front of him, his expression changed repeatedly.

After gritting his teeth and probing down five hundred feet, the attacks from the fourth-tier ferocious birds were like a storm, forcing his protective golden light to vibrate violently.

He snorted coldly, realizing that if he forced himself to descend any further, he would likely be trapped in the encirclement of these beasts. He immediately stopped trying to hold on, and his figure transformed into golden light, soaring into the sky and retreating back to the top of the cliff.

Not long after, Li Yunheng, his face ashen and eyes bloodshot, led a large group of Li family experts to the edge of the cliff.

"Great Master! Have you... have you found that little beast?"

Have you retrieved the secrets of the vault?

Li Yunheng roared with a trembling voice, completely lacking the demeanor of a former head of a branch family.

The Nascent Soul Grand Elder shook his head and said indifferently, "A swarm of thousands of fourth-order Black-Spine Iron-Feathered Eagles is lurking in the clouds below the cliff. I was besieged when I explored a few hundred feet down."

This sheer cliff is bottomless. Not to mention that the little beast was struck by my Nascent Soul Finger Technique, resulting in the destruction of the mechanical crane and his death, the sheer force of the fall and the tearing bites of the ferocious birds would have been enough to pulverize him and reduce him to ashes.

"No! I need to see them alive or dead! If we can't find the secret treasure, the Li family is utterly finished!"

Li Yunheng screamed like a mad beast, refusing to listen to any advice. He immediately ordered his men to run wildly along the winding and treacherous ridges surrounding the Soul-Severing Cliff, taking two whole days and nights, braving the dangers of countless ferocious beasts, to finally reach the desolate and gloomy bottom of the Soul-Severing Cliff.

However, after two full days of searching, apart from finding a piece of blood-red clothing torn by the wind and sharp rocks on a rock in a swift stream, the entire bottom of Broken Soul Cliff was empty, and not even half a complete skeleton was found.

Looking at the roaring low-level ferocious beasts covering the mountains and the endless, lifeless stream, Li Yunheng finally despaired.

He understood that after being devoured by so many ferocious beasts, not only would there be no corpse left, but probably not even ashes.

"Heaven is going to destroy the Li family!"

Li Yunheng looked up to the sky and cried out in anguish, spitting out another mouthful of blood. Finally, supported by the elders, he gritted his teeth and withdrew from this dangerous place, filled with endless malice and despair.

However, Li Yunheng never expected that Chen Changsheng and Nangong Yue would not be reduced to ashes.

Two days ago, high in the sky.

As the mechanical crane exploded and disintegrated, and the two were plummeting rapidly towards the abyss, a violent hurricane blew so hard they couldn't open their eyes.

Faced with a deadly situation, the critically injured and dying Chen Changsheng maintained an unimaginable calmness.

"Boy! Activate all the remaining pure Yang energy within you!"

Deep within her consciousness, Mu Qing'er cried out anxiously, "There is an ancient pine tree with coiled dragons that has been growing for hundreds of years on the cliff a thousand feet below!"

This is your only way to survive!

With his last breath, Chen Changsheng unleashed the hidden potential within his Pure Yang Overlord Body!

Just as they were about to crash heavily against the cliff, Chen Changsheng bit his tongue, exerted force with both arms, and used an extremely gentle yet powerful and long-lasting palm force to push Nangong Yue, whom he was holding tightly in his arms, hard against the thick ancient pine tree that was sticking out of the sky!

"Chen Changsheng!"

Nangong Yue's pupils contracted violently, and her terrified scream was heart-wrenching.

She watched helplessly as Chen Changsheng gave her the only chance to survive, while his own back, like a kite with a broken string, crashed heavily into several thick, bowl-sized, and iron-hard gnarled branches beneath the ancient pine tree!

"Snap! Crack!"

The loud crack of the tree branch snapping was accompanied by a spray of blood. Chen Changsheng's body was cushioned by the layers of ancient pine branches, and most of the killing force of his fall was dissipated.

But the residual impact was still extremely terrifying, and with blood splattering everywhere, it crashed into the cold and rapid mountain stream at the bottom of the cliff!

"Boom!"

Water sprayed skyward, instantly turning a shocking crimson hue into a pool of blood.

"No!"

Nangong Yue, clinging to the branches of the ancient pine, trembled violently, tears streaming down her face.

She endured the excruciating pain, as if her bones were falling apart, and followed the thick mountain vines and scattered rocks hanging down the cliff face.

She sprinted wildly down the cliff like a madwoman, her delicate palms bleeding profusely from the thorns and brambles, but she was completely oblivious to the pain.

When Nangong Yue finally stumbled to the stream, she immediately saw Chen Changsheng, who had been swept away by the icy water and was lying in the pile of pebbles on the shallow beach.

At this moment, Chen Changsheng was in dire straits.

The bloody hole in his left shoulder, pierced by the Nascent Soul's finger strike, was horrifying. His back was a bloody mess, and his meridians were severed all over his body.

Its face was as pale as a sheet of paper soaked in water, lying quietly in the cold stream, lifeless.

"Chang Sheng... Chen Chang Sheng!"

Nangong Yue knelt heavily on the cold, rocky shore with a thud. Trembling, she stretched out her blood-soaked hands and placed them on Chen Changsheng's chest, then slowly moved them to below his nose.

Dead silence.

There was no heartbeat, no pulse, and not a breath.

At that moment, it was as if all sound in the world had been lost.

Nangong Yue knelt there blankly. Having grown up in the Nangong family, one of the top families in Cangnan Continent, she was used to seeing the scheming, hypocrisy, and ruthlessness among her clansmen.

That's why she developed that aloof and distant personality, and deep down she doesn't trust anyone.

But this boy in front of me...

When faced with the deadly attack of a Nascent Soul cultivator, he unhesitatingly used his physical body to block the fatal finger strike for her.