After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

As he plunged himself into a death trap, filling the void in his Kun Earth Vein and root bones, he made a promise to himself—

"After that..."

"Do something for her."

Despite feeling a sense of relief, Donghuang Li felt a pang of despair for a fleeting moment.

"What... exactly did I do?"

A dark aura of death spread wildly within Shi Yan's body, destroying everything inside.

The Purple Mansion Jade Palace was already operating at full power, striving to devour the rampant death energy.

but--

Even Shi Yan's body, which was close to... or even far surpassed that of ordinary body cultivators, could not completely withstand it.

"Approaching death."

Perhaps this is the most fitting way to describe a teacher's words.

The master said he had given up resisting.

He held Shi Jiuzhou in one hand and the long, black sword that symbolized death in the other.

At this moment, she had more important things to do.

"Sister Lingyao..."

"Huh??" Yan Qingge's voice sounded even more panicked than Shi Yan's.

Even if... even if the current Shi Yan isn't as cute as the Shi Yan from a thousand years ago, the little and soft Shi Yan seems to have only softness left.

But... he had just reunited with her.

Having barely managed to regain a semblance of new life, I no longer have a physical body; I am still merely a spirit.

Am I about to witness another separation of life and death?

Yan Qingge could sense that Shi Yan's condition was getting worse and worse.

She held the girl's heart in her hand.

The girl seemed to be putting all her strength into every breath, and with each breath, she was... trembling.

And the rise and fall of his chest was becoming increasingly weak.

Shi Yan's life slipped away before her very eyes, like sand slipping through her fingers, and she couldn't grasp it no matter what she did.

"I'm returning the Thirty-Three Sword Pavilion to you..."

"Wh...what?"

"Take care of yourself, and... take care of my little Jiuzhou." Shi Yan quickly separated his and Yan Qingge's intertwined souls.

To prevent Yan Qingge from being infected by that aura of death.

"What nonsense are you talking about!?" Yan Qingge's illusory spirit had broken free from the state of coupling and merging with Shi Yan. She grabbed Shi Yan's shoulders, wanting to shake him, but she was worried... such a movement would only increase the burden on the girl.

"It's okay..."

"It will be alright."

"It's just the threat of death... You've faced countless threats of death before..."

Because her soul had already separated from Shi Yan's, Yan Qingge was unable to perceive what Shi Yan was thinking.

"Lingyao!!" Shi Yan grasped Shi Jiuzhou's hand and placed it on Yan Qingge's hand, which was resting on his shoulder.

"listen to me……"

"I am a descendant of the 'Heaven and Earth' clan."

"Heaven...Earth?" Yan Qingge stood there, a hint of confusion flashing in her golden eyes.

Only then did Shi Yan realize it.

A thousand years ago... the name "Huangtian Houtu" might not have been so majestic and imposing.

"I am your descendant—"

"Hey...hey hey hey!?" Yan Qingge panicked completely. "You can't say things like that..."

"But he's not married yet."

"You didn't give me a ring a thousand years ago."

She looked at the glittering rings on Shi Yan's fingers with a pitiful expression.

Of all those rings, there wasn't one for her.

"Where are the children...?"

Shi Yan was both amused and exasperated by Yan Qingge's somewhat unruly behavior. Within him, deathly energy spread, draining the color from the girl's face. "The ancestor of 'Heaven and Earth'..."

"They are descendants of the previous generation, closely related to you."

His dark eyes met Yan Qingge's bright, sun-like eyes.

Yan Qingge suddenly understood.

"Reborn from the ashes—"

"A single feather of the phoenix."

Yunmengji once said... absolutely, absolutely do not use "Phoenix Feather" before the lightning strike arrives.

Including the previous lightning strike.

This mortal fate had twice put Shi Yan in a life-or-death situation, but she survived both times.

Especially during the "Uezuki Sect".

Shi Yan had already prepared himself to face death, but Xia Xia... pulled him back from the brink of death.

If it weren't for Xiaxia.

Shi Yan would never be so calm now.

"I will not die."

"I will be reborn in my memories." She touched Yan Qingge's face.

A tear rolled down the woman's face.

Shi Yan wiped away Yan Qingge's tears.

Spirits are the last thing that should be cried.

For spirits, crying is something that requires a huge price to pay.

But Yan Qingge couldn't help it.

Although his soul had already separated from Yan Qingge's, surprisingly, Shi Yan felt that he could guess what Yan Qingge was thinking.

If... Loulan a thousand years ago also had "a single phoenix feather"...

She wouldn't have to go through a life-or-death separation with that guy.

What's the big deal?

The woman cried, her face streaked with tears, yet she forced an unsightly smile.

What's the big deal?

Loulan... was actually reborn among his own descendants.

Looking at Yan Qingge, Shi Yan reached into his own chest.

She grasped that shimmering light.

If I am destined to die.

It would be better to return the "Thirty-Three Sword Pavilion" and the power belonging to Fairy Yaotai to her before he dies.

If I were to be reborn from the fire and regain my strength...

That would be equivalent to getting a free copy of "Thirty-Three Sword Pavilion".

If I lose everything after being reborn, I can still regain everything from Yaotai.

"I will come back..."

Starting from the girl's fingertips, grayish-white snowflakes began to flutter and rise.

The raging flames devoured everything in an instant. Even... that terrifying aura of death.

The incident... seems to have ended just like that.

only--

dong dong! !

dong dong dong! !

At the very moment when Shi Yan's body began to burn fiercely.

It seemed as if the rapid heartbeats could be heard in the ears of every cultivator throughout the entire Nine Provinces.

Boom!

My heartbeat felt like it was being squeezed.

boom!!

Bloodstains stretched to the sky.

The gushing blood-red light dyed the snow-covered landscape for thousands of miles crimson, turning the unchanging wind and snow of Frost Rainbow Valley and the continuous snow-capped mountains into a terrifying crimson hue.

"Teacher's words!!"

Like a monstrous demon being born, the mortal world is engulfed in a raging inferno of demonic flames.

Part 471 You all...may all be buried with Shi Yan! [Second update, 4K]

If Shi Yan were to choose the most difficult boss to defeat in a game, the one that left the deepest impression on him...