After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

The girl's trembling little hand reached out towards Shi Yan, looking for help.

Then... the slender figure also helplessly slid down from the sky.

Without any hesitation, Shi Yan leaped after Qin Ge's figure.

In fact, she could roughly guess what had happened to Qin Ge.

It's simply that the influence of the Lesser Pure Color Mandala arrived belatedly after the shackles of destiny were finally broken.

Shi Yan could even see... the dazzling purple that was finally overflowing in Qin Ge's body.

She reached out her hand to Qin Ge.

The moment Shi Yan's fingertips touched Qin Ge's helplessly outstretched fingertips, her pupils suddenly contracted.

From Qin Ge's body... within that overflowing, hazy purple, Shi Yan suddenly saw an ominous, deep, dark shadow—

That's deathly energy.

Shi Yan had seen a similar deathly aura before.

On Donghuang Li.

That was the aura emanating from Youdu.

Donghuang Li, whose innate seven meridians and innate talent were unparalleled, completed the final meridian of her body, the Kun Earth Meridian, through a special ritual unknown even to her master.

However... its fundamental nature is completely different from that of ordinary Kun earth veins.

The power that Donghuang Li finally obtained was... the Land of Death.

That's one way to put it—

As long as Xiao A Li works hard enough, she can even rely on the power of this land of death to steadily and step by step ascend to the Enlightenment Realm.

But... why is death energy appearing on Qin Ge?

Shi Yan was unaware of the danger, but he sensed it.

Meanwhile... in Jingzhou, within the inner sect of Guigu.

Their knees collided, and the little girl, whose right hand was supporting her on the door frame, had her fingertips deeply embedded in the wooden door frame due to the twisting motion.

Through a certain will.

The girl gazed in the direction of the "Azure Lotus Sword Sect" as if her chin had been gently lifted.

Unlike Yun Mengming's usual soft, inorganic voice, the girl looked in the direction of the "Azure Lotus Sword Sect".

"Qin Ge is not some soldier held by destiny."

"Qin Ge..."

"It is a scabbard hidden in the flower of death."

The jet-black magnolia blossoms slowly open, their fragrance and color exquisite.

The catalyst for death has already been Shi Yan.

My fingertips felt as if they were being frozen inch by inch, chilling me to the bone.

Even with the blessing of the "Seventeen-Year Cicada", Shi Yan could only watch as the pitch-black blade slowly emerged from the girl's chest.

finally--

It pierced straight at itself.

The long, narrow, black blade pierced through Shi Yan's chest in an instant.

Shi Yan looked down in astonishment at the chest of her skirt, where the dark gauze was soaked with hot, wet blood.

The blood splattered, like the red spider lilies blooming on a girl's chest.

The blood that fell from the sky along with the body bloomed into a crimson flower in the air.

Behind the flowers is a blue sky.

The blood that splattered from the blood hole landed on the corner of the Pure Color Mandala's eye.

moment--

The entire sky over the "Azure Lotus Sword Sect"... no, the entire Kyushu region seemed to have turned into a gloomy and desolate place.

The clear sky was covered with dark clouds.

The wrath of the Pure Color Mandala, the wrath of the Womb Mandala, could not be contained even if the entire Kyushu were crushed and shattered.

But until then...

The Pure Color Mandala could only watch helplessly as Shi Yan's life force rapidly vanished.

"Master's words!!" came the desperate and angry voice of Jingse Mandala and Yan Qingge.

The vitality of the teacher's words is rapidly fading.

A blade forged from the true... death energy that should not belong to this mortal world is a deadly poison.

A poison for all living beings, especially... a poison for Shi Yan.

The life force within his body was brutally and irrationally torn into flakes, and the pitch-black death energy, like the roots of rotten wood, coiled and spread within Shi Yan's body.

The pierced chest... the almost searing pain made Shi Yan's consciousness incredibly clear.

With veins bulging on his forehead, Shi Yan had realized that he was beyond cure.

Before that...

With his nearly decayed hand, Shi Yan forcefully grasped the blade of the pitch-black sword, using all his strength to completely pull the deadly blade from Qin Ge's body.

One person dies or two people die.

The answer in Shi Yan's heart was still very clear.

laugh--

The black longsword was completely drawn by Shi Yan.

The pale hand that gripped the blade was slashed open, revealing the bone, and at first, bright red blood flowed down the long sword.

And then... even the blood dried up.

The exposed flesh seemed to have turned into a lifeless, grayish-white color.

Even more terrifying than the wound on his palm was the fatal penetrating wound that pierced through Shi Yan's chest.

After the initial crimson red spider lilies bloomed in vibrant blood, the blood gradually dried up and quickly disappeared.

Shi Yan gripped the longsword of death in his hand.

Unexpectedly, yet seemingly naturally... she actually sensed a deep love and aura emanating from that longsword of death.

It's like a freshly picked orange.

Besides its sweet and sour taste, it also seems to have a slight bitterness and astringency from the leaves and orange peel.

It has a very unique flavor.

It's so special that when people see a girl and smell the orange scent on her, they'll definitely remember her deeply.

That was... the aura of Donghuang Li.

This long sword, imbued with the boundless malice of Heaven towards Shi Yan, was forged by her using Donghuang Li's death and Donghuang Li's infinite, obsessive love for Shi Yan.

A special magic sword for Master Yan.

Yes... such a longsword of death cannot even be called a celestial weapon.

Even defining it as a magical artifact seems somewhat inadequate.

Deep within the Taiyi Sect—

The girl, who had hidden herself in a cloak and shadows, suddenly clutched her chest in bewilderment.

After returning from Jizhou... from the "Enlightenment Conference," she had already realized the significance of her existence—

I live for Master Shiyan and my sister.

I wasted the first half of my life in ignorance and confusion.

I have let my sister down.

Just because of the difference in their lineage, he had taken over everything from his sister.

And... I didn't even realize how lucky I was.

Possessing the most resources and the best talent, yet... they waste it all.

And after Canglang City.

I have let down my teacher.

run away.

I dare not face the mission I bear, I dare not... face Sister Shiyan.

Until they returned from the brink of death.

She wanted to make up for her sister's shortcomings, and wanted to... become Master Shiyan's shadow.

"A-Li?" As if noticing the girl's unusual expression, Donghuang Li put down the scroll in her hand.

“Sister…” Donghuang Li looked at the girl in front of him, whose hand was touching her chest.

It's empty there.

It felt as if something very important had already left me.

“She said…”

"She said?"

"I have done what I was asked to do."

Donghuang Li remembered.

That Heavenly Mandate Master from the inner sect of Ghost Valley—

The young girl wearing the crown of a prince, who put herself in a life-or-death situation and survived.