Chapter 564
Both sides were powerful, standing their ground against each other.
But now, in the realm of Tianren City, it was becoming unbearable.
Before the two forces could determine a victor, there might be nothing left at all.
“In dire straits, you can entrust your body to me... or rather, to another you.”
A thought that did not belong to Ying Bing surfaced deep within her mind.
She knew whose it was.
It was Ying Huang.
The Tianhuang Domain rightfully belonged to the Nine-Colored Phoenix, and no one could grasp it better than Ying Huang.
But...
What would be the cost?
Would she no longer be herself from that moment on?
...
In a corner of Tianren City.
The wild wind howled, a vortex gathering a towering storm.
The storm was destroying everything in its path; even granite would be swept away, leaving nothing behind.
“So, it turns out, I’ve gone through many cycles already...”
Feng Zhi stood alone at the edge of the city, her gaze growing increasingly complex.
These many cycles did not begin with the Tianren trials; they stretched back to a time long forgotten, and she remembered where she came from.
Da Shang.
Standing here today, facing choices, she had done so countless times before.
“But this is the first time I have a sister and a brother-in-law...”
Feng Zhi glanced back.
In the ruins of the city, a giant of crimson stood tall, no one knew what he was still holding onto, but everyone knew he had once been a child of the wilderness.
The Taiyin still hung high in the sky, a sky that was no longer free.
Even after venturing so far, it was as if she were still in the furnace of Wang Village, where she could turn back and see their figures.
“I hope this is the last time.”
She neatly folded the bright red cotton coat and left it behind, her figure vanishing.
In the next moment, she appeared in the eye of the storm, transforming into a gentle breeze.
She had found her home and would carry the storm back to her path.
...
“I can’t escape, and neither can you...”
Standing amidst the ruins, Li Mo’s vision blurred, the words of the Blood God echoing in his ears.
The power of all living beings from the outside world continued to surge, which was why he was drenched in blood, unable to move, yet still able to maintain the Law of Heaven and Earth.
He had no energy left to ponder the deeper meaning of those words.
Straining to see through the dissipating blood clouds, what first caught his eye was the fragmented cities of Heaven and Earth.
Broken walls and scattered debris, countless corpses.
He stood high above, so high that he could not hear the sounds beneath him, yet he could see further into what was happening.
As Heaven and Earth converged, disasters were rampant.
Volcanoes erupted, spewing crimson debris, and the thick smoke raised dust, plunging the area into darkness.
The parched ground resembled decaying cookies, torn apart by the rising of dragons and snakes, then violently crushed back together.
A storm of unimaginable proportions raged, like a shredder pulling everything into its maw, turning it into its own minions.
Soon, this place would be devoid of even silence, transformed into emptiness.
The proud Celestials were returning themselves to this profound world.
How similar it was to what Li Mo had seen in the Tianhuang Domain, where moths flew into the flame?
That gentle gaze, across time, met his own.
Quietly waiting for him to make his choice.
Waiting for him to understand his inner landscape.
“This time, I might not be able to marry after all...”
Li Mo murmured to himself, grasping the Ruyi Golden Cudgel that was embedded in his dantian, pulling it out with force.
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Chapter 642: The Sun and Moon Shine Together!
In his brief silence, Li Mo had already considered countless possibilities, countless methods.
Was there anything in the system’s investments that could turn the tide?
Did he have any hidden cards left to reverse the situation?
One thought after another emerged, only to be dismissed.
No.
This time, it was truly a dead end.
He could only use the chaos generated by the shattering of the small world, employing countless tribulations to push the Law of Heaven and Earth to an unprecedented extreme.
At this moment.
The small world, which had barely been held together, began to collapse silently once more, shattering into pieces, reverting to the purest essence of yin and yang.
The final Law of Heaven and Earth served as the vessel for this process.
In that instant, he seemed to understand what his inner landscape was, as boundless divine intent surged from his consciousness.
A gentle radiance slowly emerged, the only existence in the small world that had not succumbed to destruction.
From the moonlight, a sigh could be heard.
Someone stepped out, a figure that transcended the mundane, capable of overturning the sun and moon.
“You were never just an ice lump.”
A realization blossomed in Li Mo’s heart.
Even though her appearance was equally stunning, ethereal and cold, surrounded by moonlight, exuding an indescribable nobility, the light of the Taiyin shone down upon her, casting a silver glow.
Her gaze was filled with divinity, the bright moon revolving in her eyes.
This beauty was truly one of a kind in the world.
But he also knew, this was not her.
“I am her, but she is not me.” The voice was tranquil, mysterious, and noble, revealing the answer.
“Transcending the mundane...”
Li Mo murmured.
Why was Ying Bing her, yet she was not just an ice lump?
Clearly, this was the divine form he had drawn from the ice lump, upgraded through the seal of creation.
And this Taiyin divine intent seemed to never fully belong to him.
Because he could not even clarify its origins and roots; more often than not, it only came into play when he was with the ice lump...
“Can an inner landscape give birth to its own consciousness...?”
“I am not your inner landscape.”
The figure in the moon spoke softly: “Because you have your own inner landscape now, I must leave.”
“Own inner landscape?”
Li Mo was taken aback, then nodded in understanding.
Yes.
Unfortunately, his inner landscape was probably only a one-time affair.
“If you had hidden away in your own world from the very beginning, perhaps it wouldn’t have come to this. Don’t you regret it?”
Li Mo stared at her for a while, then smiled: “I know who you are now.”
“Oh?”
“You are the Ying Huang who never met my ice lump, or rather... the Ying Huang who will awaken in the future.”
After all this, Ying Huang was not with the ice lump but within his Taiyin.
Li Mo was a genius, after all.
Moreover, the other party had no intention of hiding, so the answer was clear.
He did not belong to the realms of heaven and earth, but to a being that transcended the five elements, existing outside the three realms; this was probably the safest place in the world.
Furthermore, his Taiyin was interconnected with Ying Bing’s, allowing him to watch over the ice lump from here as well.
“......”
“Go, find the ice lump.”
“Aren’t you afraid she’ll be influenced by me, becoming a stranger to you, turning into another person?”
“I believe in her.”
Li Mo thought seriously about the ice lump in his heart.
“......”
After a moment of silence, the figure in the moon suddenly smiled, captivating all beings:
“No wonder she would make the same choice as you.”
The last words echoed in Li Mo’s heart, and the moon in his small world also departed.
Li Mo’s consciousness fell back into his body, endless pain tearing at his nerves, everything that had just happened felt like a dream.
With a heavy thud—
The Ruyi Golden Cudgel was firmly planted in the realm of Tianren City.
In an instant, its divine might halted the momentum of Heaven and Earth converging.
Endless power surged from him...
...
“Wasn’t Young Hero Li just speaking with someone?”
“The realm of Tianren City is about to vanish; does anyone care?”
“With such a calamity, why can’t the powerful members of the clan stop it?”
“By the way, if the realm of Tianren City disappears, can those who die inside come back?”
“......”
Countless people in the imperial capital gazed at the map of the nation, their exclamations and doubts rising like a tidal wave.
Yet the emperor, who had been the hope of many, sat forlornly beneath the ornate canopy, seeming to have aged considerably.
“In such a situation, is there truly no hope?”
Ying Bing and Li Mo had become unparalleled among those participating in the trials.
He could still glimpse some of Ying Bing’s methods.
But Li Mo had surpassed his understanding of martial artists, far stronger than he had been with Su Jun, reaching a level never seen before.
It was likely that no one would come after him.
He had thought the clan would intervene, but he never expected even Chu Ge would personally go to the Tianhuang Domain.
Yan Tian Lao Lao, however, was fixated, staring intently at the increasingly bright moon in the map of the nation, as if a devotee witnessing their faith.
But then, her gaze suddenly shifted, looking in astonishment at Tian City.
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