Curse Reply: I'm going to fight the Myriad Corpse Immortal, the highest level one!

"I will never be able to use the Fate Slash or any slashing techniques again in my life, and this slash will only be effective against Xia Jie, in exchange for this strike's absolute restraint on Xia Jie."

With its excellent credit history, Tianyuan successfully obtained the decisive loan it wanted.

The invisible strike broke through the resistance of cause and effect, silently hitting the drifting soul shadow and then disappearing into it.

Xia Jie's movements suddenly froze.

His soul was perfectly intact, yet it was no different from a dead object.

Because all his possibilities for the future were severed by this one strike.

"A predetermined death..."

A sudden realization dawned on Xia Jie's mind.

At this moment, he was like a mortal whose lifeline had been cut by the goddess of fate, with only inescapable death ahead.

Inducing resistance was unsuccessful.

Having realized that her death was a causal fact, Xia Jie left behind a peaceful final message:

"Very well, Xia's death is quite amusing. Xia departs."

Xia Jie behaved herself.

But did Xia Jie really behave herself?

Tianyuan watched as Xia Jie's lifeless soul was taken away through the soul passage. He remained silent for ten seconds, and when no one reappeared, the weight that had been hanging over his heart finally lifted.

Then it was lifted up by Xia Jie, who appeared in its mental image.

"Tianyuan, we meet again."

"real or fake?"

"Absolutely true, just as you said before I launched you into space—"

The battle has only just begun.

Xia Jie imitated Su Nuo's method of splitting the soul into cursed objects, and relied on causal resistance to forcibly split her own soul in two.

First, there was that one ten-thousandth fragment of the soul, carrying Xia Jie's true self. With the help of the connection left by the harmonization ritual, it easily infiltrated the mental realm of Tianyuan's soul.

The remaining 9,999 ten-thousandths were used entirely to deceive those destined to die, giving fate an explanation that could be turned a blind eye.

The price was that Xia Jie temporarily lost the Blood Curse Manipulation Technique engraved in her soul and brain, and her curse power also dropped to the level of a fourth-level curse spirit.

A once-great master of the Blood Path was reduced to such a state that he could be exorcised by Fu Hei Hui with a single hand. Following Su Tuo, Xia Tuo was born.

Moreover, due to the excessive incompleteness of her soul, Xia Jie can only survive by residing in Tian Yuan's mental image; otherwise, she will completely dissipate within seconds, returning to the challenge space to claim her completion reward with the peak spell power of 310,000 fingers and the emptiness of not having fought to her heart's content.

The cicadas chirped in the space, and the boy returned to his place.

Then there was the newly revived cursed spirit soul of Xia Jie, which had been destined to die and be revived. Xia Jie did not intend to waste it, but instead made use of it as a sacrifice for her new technique.

When he shared his Black Flash experience with Su Nu, he not only synchronized Su Nu's soul-splitting techniques, but also absorbed the essence of Su Nu's soul-splitting abilities inherited from the Heavenly Sword.

After personally experiencing the "spell object binding" applied to her by Tianyuan, Xia Jie quickly grasped it thanks to her strong knowledge and complete realm, and put it into practice.

"Expansion of the spell object: human blood; Convergence of the spell object: five insights."

Within the soul passage, Xia Jie's soul transformed into a drop of soul blood filled with curses and blessings, following a mysterious connection of fate, and landed on Gojo Satoru's corpse.

"Resisting Cause and Effect, Nirvana True Blood!"

"Catch Gojo Satoru, this is my last Ripple!" Xia Jie thought to himself as he read the news of Gojo Satoru's death in the Tengen Mind Image.

Gojo Satoru's corpse shook its head and stood up again. Now a cursed corpse that was half human and half spirit, it looked up at the demon Xuluo who was falling rapidly from the sky with a corner of the roulette wheel missing.

Because of the shattering of the Wheel of Adaptation, all of Moxuluo's adaptation achievements, except for combat skills, were wiped out.

At the same time, because the wheel, which symbolizes "perfect harmony and cycle," is no longer complete, the power of the Heavenly Primal Point to control all the assimilated souls within the mental image is greatly weakened.

The perspective shifts to the battlefield of the mind.

Tengen's mental image is the intact Hōsei Palace, which overlaps with the ruins of reality, and this mental image is the manifestation of Tengen's soul.

Or rather, the Tianyuan, whose soul has already reached a "realm" of spiritual attainment, is itself a living mental image.

"You really like the Ryousei Palace that much, Tengen?" Xia Jie looked at the Ryousei Palace, where even the bricks and tiles exuded realistic details, and couldn't help but sigh.

"I've seen it for a thousand years, it's etched into my bones. It's in my eyes when I close them, it's in my dreams, it has taken over my original heart and become the eternal landscape of my heart."

Tianyuan didn't want to respond, but his thoughts drifted uncontrollably into Xia Jie's ears.

The mental image is the very place of the heart. Unlike the extraordinary Xia Jie, an ordinary soul here cannot hide even a single thought. Even the owner of the mental image is no exception.

"I see."

Xia Jie's remnant soul unfolded its mental image, which had not shrunk at all due to the loss of its soul, and illusory voices came from the mouth of its soul.

"Here, all I have left is my heart, and here you use your heart as well. A battle of hearts against hearts must be wonderful, Tengen."

"Your soul is shattered, so how can you still laugh? Is it just the battle itself that you crave, Xia Jie?"

"Hmm...more or less?"

"It's utterly absurd."

Chapter 40 Listening to the Sound of Rain

In Tianyuan’s mind,

After Tengen's consciousness withdrew and turned to reality, Gojo Satoru also put away the Crimson Lotus Heart Image. If he made a move now, his soul would dissipate within minutes, causing him to miss the ending. Fortunately, Tengen couldn't figure out his true strength and chose to stop, giving him a chance to catch his breath.

He'll be able to start steaming after catching his breath for a while!

As Xia Jie's remnant soul slowly ventured deeper into the Hongxing Palace, her form became increasingly stable and solid.

In the center of the Palace of Death,

The giant tree bound by the shimenawa rope had long since been transformed into a twisted giant tree made up of countless intertwined souls.

Ninety-nine percent of the souls that make up the tree trunk are the souls of cursed spirits. Only a few souls with still clear outlines are slowly sinking into the tree trunk. They are all people that Xia Jie knows.

Well... although they had known Xia Jie for less than a day, Xia Jie was certain that one-sided familiarity still counted as familiarity.

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Xia Jie didn't know where the souls of the three, or rather the four, had gone. Had they been completely swallowed by the tree, or had they not yet been assimilated by Tian Yuan, or had they broken free from the shackles of fate and escaped?

Because Tianyuan's thoughts are currently focused on the actual battle, Xia Jie is unable to glean much useful information from his mental image.

On the giant tree, the sturdy trees were filled with strange creatures, their forms rustling and crackling, their shapes and forms so delicate and intricate that they seemed to be inferior even to the likes of Steve from Big Fruit TV.

But her voice went straight to Xia Jie's "ears". It was not Xia Youjie's voice, but an extremely unfamiliar female voice that was mixed with the timbres of countless others.

Xia Jie understood that this was most likely the bearded man's...

"Thank you for bringing me so many unknowns, Mr. Xia Jie. The future that Tianyuan wants to create may be even more beautiful than the future I originally planned..."

If I had met you a few hundred years earlier, I would have definitely helped you achieve my ideal.

What is this person saying?

Xia Jie's heart was pounding, but her gaze calmly fell upon the man who had been stammering. She looked at him with a mixture of fear and unease, her eyes fixed on him. She looked at him with a mixture of fear and unease, her eyes fixed on him with a mixture of fear and unease, her gaze fixed on him with a mixture of fear and unease, her eyes ...

'Following the trend, the young woman said she was heartbroken and disillusioned. She was startled and bewildered, and her body was covered in drooping grass. She was utterly exhausted and disoriented. She was like a machine, yearning for life!'

Although she had many thoughts on her mind, Xia Jie did not intend to show them. She simply nodded and calmly spoke:

"I will stop Tengen."

"Why stop it? That is the eternal utopia that countless idealists throughout history have dreamed of, a place free from evil and strife."

The text appears to be a jumbled collection of characters and symbols, possibly from a corrupted or incomplete source. A direct translation isn't meaningful without further context or clarification.

"A person without desires is like a thinking stone. He has neither fear nor desire, so there is no need for him to think. What is built from stones is naturally a civilization of stones, not a civilization of humankind."

"It seems that sophistry and confusion won't work on someone like you. Fine, before we fight, let me ask you on behalf of Tianyuan: what exactly is desire in your heart?"

Upon hearing the question, Xia Jie stretched out her right hand, and placed it on the skull. She then gently pressed it against the wall.

"Desire is the first cause of life. Fear drives us to seek advantage and avoid harm; hunger drives us to seek food; curiosity drives us to think; and longing drives us to perpetuate our desires. Humanity must abide by the right desires and restrain the wrong desires in order to move toward the right future."

"Hehe, what a twisted logic, completely contrary to the Dao of Emptiness that Tianyuan pursues."

Even if it's a heretical doctrine, it's still a million times better than yours.

Before the words were finished, Tianyuan's inner voice suddenly resounded throughout the entire realm of mental images.

“Having attained Nirvana, oneness is complete; I shall become a Mahasattva.”

As the heartfelt words echoed, the first thing to appear was the image of the demon.

A thousand hands form mudras, a thousand hands hold the Dharma treasure, their light as clear as jade, their countenance solemn and dignified.

The Vajrasattva form, manifested by the split point of the Heavenly Origin, followed closely behind.

A great light shines from behind his head. He wears a crown of five wisdoms, sits cross-legged on a lotus platform, holds a bell and vajra in his hands, and forms the Vajra Hum Kala mudra.

Then the two minds merged into one, transforming into a seated figure of Mahavairocana Buddha, with his hands in the meditation mudra and his upper body exposed.

A majestic Dharma image stood between Xia Jie and the giant tree of souls, its enormous body, over twenty feet long, completely blocking the path with its outstretched arms, giving Xia Jie no chance to rescue those souls.

Beyond the mental image, the real battlefield.

"Domain Expansion - Mahapadma!"

"Domain Expansion: Demon-Slaying Chef".

Since Xia Jie entered the mind image and took away 99% of Tian Yuan's mind, the Heavenly Will Hand that shrouded the Dharma Realm finally disappeared.

Without the suppression of fate, Su Nuo instantly opened Maha Padma and collided violently with the Demon Lord's Chef of Demon Xu Luo.

Frost against blood, ice-sealed shrines against bone shrines, freezing strikes against soul strikes.

Eleven breaths later, both domains collapsed and shattered simultaneously.

Almost simultaneously, Gojo Satoru, in his cursed corpse form, made his move in perfect unison.

The true blood reshaped his body and also restored his ability to expand his domain.

Sensing the fading power of his true blood within him, he dared not waste this brief resurrection time and unleashed his final domain.

"Domain Expansion—Boundless Void—Revised!"