When the world of all Buddhas vanished, only one sentence from Monk Sanjie remained echoing in the void.
“Damn it!”
Mo Fan gritted his teeth. He had not expected the bald donkey to escape in the end. He wanted to pursue, but ultimately held himself back.
Although Monk Sanjie was seriously injured, trying to use the same small void talisman trick again was probably unrealistic. Once the chi dragon transformation ended, Mo Fan would have no chance of winning.
Thinking of this, Mo Fan withdrew his thoughts. With a sweep of his divine sense, he quickly located Granny Sparrow.
At this moment, Granny Sparrow had already been brought to the peak of Black Wind Mountain by Bai Shuang, Yao Yao, and the others.
The blood-coloured chi dragon flew in front of Granny Sparrow and transformed back into his spirit form. Looking at the frail old woman covered in wrinkles, and sensing the rapidly fading vitality from her body, Mo Fan’s eyes turned red once more. Crystal tears welled up.
“Granny…”
“Fan’er, you have truly opened Granny’s eyes. Granny has lived alone all her life, but at the end of it, to have a grandson like you, Granny feels proud and fulfilled!”
“All this time, Granny has been teaching you the ways of being a demon. But now Granny realises you are far stronger and wiser than Granny ever imagined.
Granny is old and useless now. In the future, Granny can no longer protect your path… The road ahead… you will have to walk it… on your own…
Do not… be sad… for this…”
Granny Sparrow spoke in a hoarse voice. The more she spoke, the weaker she became. But suddenly, she became radiant again. With a gentle smile, she said, “Fan’er, the Holy King once said that all banquets in the world must end!
We demons will all face separation one day. From ignorant birth to regretful death, this is the path we must walk, and it is the fate of all living beings in the world!
To many great cultivators, life declining from prosperity is seen as a curse. That is why they pursue so-called immortality to break this curse.
But in Granny’s view, this is merely the unwillingness in our hearts!
The path of immortality is too difficult…
For us demons to achieve true enlightenment is even harder!
Granny’s life has come to an end. Now it is up to you to continue walking this path for Granny!
I am sorry… Granny really wanted to see what the so-called immortal realm looks like.
And why it makes cultivators all over the world yearn for it so much…”
“Granny, stop talking!”
“You will not die. Fan’er will take you to the Fire Phoenix Palace and beg the Fire Phoenix Holy King to save you!”
“The Fire Phoenix Holy King is so powerful. She must have a way to save you!”
Mo Fan gritted his teeth, forcing back the tears that threatened to spill. He poured surging demonic energy into Granny Sparrow’s body, trying desperately to hold onto her fading life force.
But at this moment, Granny Sparrow’s body was like a sieve full of holes. No matter how much demonic energy Mo Fan poured in, it could not stay inside her. It simply leaked out. This realisation filled Mo Fan’s heart with panic.
“Fan’er, stop wasting your strength. Granny’s origin has already shattered. My foundation of the great dao is broken. Body and dao perishing is my final fate!”
Granny Sparrow gave a faint smile. With trembling effort, she raised her hand and gently stroked Mo Fan’s head.
The surrounding great demons watched this scene in silence. A heavy sorrow filled the air.
They had not seen Granny Sparrow many times, but every time she came, she fought for Black Wind Mountain.
With such deep sentiment, the demons could not help but feel moved.
“Granny, please… stop talking…”
Mo Fan spoke with a choked voice. He realised Granny Sparrow was now in a state of final radiance before death. Her life force was already scarce. Every word she spoke caused the remaining demonic energy in her body to dissipate even faster.
“Fan’er, death holds no fear for Granny now.
If it had been before, Granny would surely have been terrified. But having reached this point, I have completely let go.
We come from nothingness and ultimately return to nothingness. It is simply returning to where we came from.
Time passes in a flash. In this life, we leave nothing behind and cannot hold onto anything.
But Granny has no regrets. Because Granny knows the outcome does not matter. What matters is that in this life’s journey, Granny was here. Granny saw… and that is enough…”
Granny Sparrow’s voice finally stopped. At the same time, the tiny figure within her body began to dissipate rapidly. No matter how hard Mo Fan tried to channel demonic energy, he could not hold it back.
“Ah—!”
Mo Fan threw his head back and roared in fury. Tears finally slid from the corners of his eyes.
Who says demons have no feelings?
All living beings in the world, as long as they possess spiritual wisdom, are spirits of heaven and earth. They can all have emotions!
“Sorry, this ancestor arrived late!”
At that moment, a golden figure descended from the sky and landed in front of Granny Sparrow. With a lift of his hand, he pointed a finger at the centre of her brow. Immediately after, a terrifying power surged into Granny Sparrow’s body.
“Senior Zhan Ao?!”
Mo Fan buried his grief deep and stared blankly at the tall golden-haired man before him.
This demon was none other than the ancestor of Golden Domain Mountain, Zhan Ao!
“Bai Shuang greets the ancestor!”
Bai Shuang hurriedly bowed respectfully to Zhan Ao. In a way, Zhan Ao could indeed be considered her senior.
“Greetings, Demon Ancestor Senior!”
When the other great demons heard this, they also paid their respects. At the same time, they were quite shocked.
They had not expected another demon ancestor to descend upon Black Wind Mountain, and it was the renowned Zhan Ao Demon Ancestor of the entire Phoenix Cry Mountain demon domain!
This made the demon kings feel somewhat uneasy, unsure whether this powerful figure’s arrival was a blessing or a disaster for Black Wind Mountain.
“Mm, no need for formalities!”
Zhan Ao first nodded to the demons, then turned to Mo Fan and said gravely, “I never expected you, little one, to stir up such a huge storm this time. No wonder the Holy King ordered me to come here!”
As soon as these words were spoken, the demons erupted in an uproar.
So this great figure had come on the orders of the Fire Phoenix Holy King?
Mo Fan gave a bitter smile when he heard this and said gravely, “I did not want things to turn out this way either…”
He truly had not anticipated the matter of heavenly merit descending. Even You Er had not divined this detail. She only knew that Black Wind Mountain would face a great calamity.
So from the beginning, Mo Fan had not taken the so-called great calamity seriously. After all, he was no longer the same as before.
But who could have predicted that the “great calamity” was coming for the heavenly merit!
And four ancestral realm existences had arrived one after another!
This was something Mo Fan had never foreseen, leading to the current outcome.
If Granny Sparrow had not fought desperately and severely injured Monk Sanjie first, Mo Fan probably would not have been able to force him to retreat in the end.
“Senior, can my Granny still be saved?” Mo Fan immediately asked Zhan Ao.
Zhan Ao shook his head and said calmly, “Her origin and foundation have already collapsed. At this moment, her life force is severed. This means her physical body is already dead, and even her nascent soul is continuously disintegrating. Although I have barely protected it with nascent soul power for now, this is not a long-term solution.
Whether she can live depends entirely on the Holy King!”
These words plunged Mo Fan’s mood into deep despair. Then, as if thinking of something, he gritted his teeth and asked, “Senior, if Granny’s nascent soul disintegrates, can her soul still remain?”
“If her origin and foundation had not been damaged, even if her nascent soul disintegrated, her soul could still separate and enter reincarnation. But now that her origin and foundation have collapsed, her soul has already disintegrated along with the nascent soul. It is impossible to separate them anymore.
Once her nascent soul completely disintegrates, she will truly perish in body and dao. Not even a remnant soul will remain in the world!”
Zhan Ao sighed, extinguishing the last spark of hope in Mo Fan’s heart.
“Alright, time is precious. Let me keep this short.”
