“These two demon clan gods were able to find us, other gods might do the same. We cannot stay in this star domain any longer, we must return to Kunlun Realm immediately,” Chi Yao said.
“How do we break the current situation? One wrong move and we alert them,” Zhang Ruochen said.
It was indeed troublesome.
No one knew how these two demon clan gods had found this place.
Were there other gods hidden in the shadows?
Zhang Ruochen said, “They should not know I am inside the formation yet.”
“Why?” Chi Yao asked.
Zhang Ruochen said, “In the world, how many people with mental power stronger than Qing Zu are there? Among the forces with the most powerful divination, which one surpasses the Hall of Destiny? Even the gods of Tiannan and the Hall of Destiny could not find here, so how could they?”
“If I am not mistaken, it should be the divine power fluctuation from when you and the Burial Gold White Tiger arrived that was sensed by the mental power gods in this star domain!”
Chi Yao agreed with Zhang Ruochen’s speculation. She said, “What do you say we do to break the situation?”
“First, we need to confirm if this is the Southern Universe. If it is the Southern Universe, then it is easy to handle. After all, Kunlun Realm and the Heavenly Dragon Realm have good relations. As long as you reveal your identity, how dare these two demon clan gods act rashly?” Zhang Ruochen said.
Chi Yao said, “That is true! Once a divine war breaks out, the divine realm titans of the Southern Universe will quickly sense it.”
“But this does not seem like the Southern Universe!”
Zhang Ruochen gazed at the starry sky, observing all directions. He said, “In the universe, it is not filled with demon qi. Look, the eastern starry sky has dense nebulae, presenting a purple-blue colour, like a huge flower cluster. In the nebula, there are no planets twinkling, instead there are numerous black spots distributed.”
“This place indeed does not look like the star domain scenery of the Southern Universe! But why would demon clan gods appear on this planet?” Chi Yao could not figure it out.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Yes, it is so strange, we must be extremely cautious. In my view, we should first transmit the cultivation. After transmission, your cultivation will surely advance greatly, then we can turn from passive to active.”
Chi Yao still had concerns in her heart.
“There is no other way besides this! I want to live too, I do not want to die at the hands of these greedy gods. You must save me, you must protect me,” Zhang Ruochen said.
Chi Yao’s gaze turned to the Burial Gold White Tiger.
“It will not do. It is a prehistoric being. Do not look at how majestic and strong it seems, with decent cultivation. In reality, it cannot exert much combat power, otherwise it will be counterattacked by the heavenly rules.”
After saying this, Zhang Ruochen secretly transmitted a message to the Burial Gold White Tiger: “As long as I transmit to her, she can inherit the extreme path Burial Gold qi and the Burial Gold rule divine patterns, becoming your guide. Do not ruin my plan, it is not good for you.”
The Burial Gold White Tiger knew best Zhang Ruochen’s good intentions. It knew that regarding whether he could survive after transmission, Zhang Ruochen had no confidence at all. But to make Chi Yao accept his transmission, Zhang Ruochen had to pretend it was a sure thing.
The Burial Gold White Tiger sighed inwardly, but said aloud: “The two outside are both strong among true gods. Even with a sneak attack, taking them down instantly is as hard as ascending to heaven. If we cannot subdue them in an instant, letting the aftermath of the divine war spread out, the consequences will be unimaginable.”
“If you have a better way, we will listen to you,” Zhang Ruochen looked at Chi Yao, his eyes full of sincere intent.
Chi Yao was not one to hesitate. She quickly made a decision. She said, “If the transmission threatens your life, I will give up this cultivation to protect you.”
“You saying that makes me feel more secure! Do not worry, the transmission will go smoothly. I do not want to lose my life inexplicably either. Besides, I feel Kunlun and Kong Le are too lonely. In the future, I need to give them ten or eight younger brothers and sisters,” Zhang Ruochen joked.
The worry in Chi Yao’s heart had not dissipated, yet she had not expected Zhang Ruochen to still be able to laugh at this time, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth. She glared at him hatefully, then entered the Sixth Ancestor’s Zen Exposition Diagram first.
“Guard the formation, do not let them break in.”
The smile on Zhang Ruochen’s face vanished instantly. He instructed the Burial Gold White Tiger, then walked into the scroll world.
Under Zhang Ruochen’s guidance, Chi Yao passed through the Sanskrit characters and arrived on the Mirror Terrace, sitting cross-legged.
Her jet-black long hair hung straight down, her mind empty and natural. Thirty-three divine seat planets appeared on her body with dazzling light. Seven-coloured divine light encircled her delicate frame, making her already stunningly beautiful face even more ethereal and refined.
Above her head, the shadow of the thirty-three heavenly universes emerged, its outline unclear, as if it would scatter with a breath of wind.
Zhang Ruochen had reshaped the ten heavenly universes, but his mental power was still not strong enough to recondense the divine source. He could only let the divine source fragments float in the heavenly river.
The divine source was condensed from the majority of a cultivator’s divine soul, divine qi, rule divine patterns, and so on.
And these things were now integrated into the heavenly river.
Zhang Ruochen forcibly swallowed the heavenly river into his abdomen and sat opposite Chi Yao.
Their palms joined, and they simultaneously circulated the technique.
They both cultivated the Thirty-Three Heavens, but the paths of divine qi running through their bodies were completely opposite, finally surging towards their hands at the same time.
In this instant.
Zhang Ruochen suddenly stopped circulating the technique.
Chi Yao naturally noticed this. A strong ominous premonition arose in her heart, and she wanted to stop.
But she could not stop.
The so-called who completes whom was actually determined by this step: who stops circulating the technique first.
Whoever stops first.
Is the one completing the other!
Whoosh!
All of Zhang Ruochen’s divine qi, rule divine patterns, divine soul, and everything else inside his body passed through their joined palms into Chi Yao’s body.
Inside his body, the heavenly river slowly collapsed, and the fragmented divine source rapidly shrank.
Chi Yao could not speak. She transmitted with mental power: “Why is your divine soul also being absorbed? Stop quickly! The soul force loss is too severe, your lifespan will also drain.”
Zhang Ruochen closed his eyes and transmitted: “You must inherit all my martial cultivation to inherit the ten heavenly universes. The divine soul is also part of the martial cultivation. Do not get distracted. Quickly control the power in your body. If the transmission fails, we both die.”
Boom!
Just as Chi Yao got distracted, the skin on her and Zhang Ruochen’s backs burst open, with blood mist spraying out.
“I knew it, you are a liar. Not a single word of yours can be trusted.”
Chi Yao bit her red lips tightly and quickly gathered her mind. Now, the transmission could not be terminated. She could only accept it as quickly as possible and condense the heavenly universes.
“Since I cannot cultivate martial arts anymore, take all the mysteries too!”
The truth mysteries, time mysteries, space mysteries, origin mysteries, darkness mysteries, sword path mysteries in Zhang Ruochen’s body all flew out, surging into Chi Yao’s body along with the five elements chaos divine qi.
As for the saint intent, because it was too profound, Zhang Ruochen still could not fully comprehend it, so he did not know how to transmit it to Chi Yao.
But presumably, as long as Chi Yao inherited his martial cultivation, she could control the ten heavenly universes and probably would not need the saint intent.
The most important function of saint intent was related to mysteries, to the secrets of heaven and earth, not much to cultivation.
Cultivating the ten heavenly universes, saint intent played no role.
“Take these god marks too. When you reach the Immeasurable Realm, they should be of great help to you.”
The god marks were originally fused into the walls of Zhang Ruochen’s qi sea. Logically, when Zhang Ruochen broke into the divine realm, the residual souls of the god mark owners should have flown out of the Heaven of Regret and fused with Zhang Ruochen’s divine soul.
But Zhang Ruochen had just become a god when he encountered the calamity.
The residual souls of these god mark owners must still be in the Heaven of Regret.
When Chi Yao impacted the Immeasurable Realm in the future and entered the Heaven of Regret, she would surely gain huge benefits from this.
Inside Zhang Ruochen’s body, the heavenly river completely collapsed. All divine source fragments melted and surged into Chi Yao’s body.
The ten heavenly universes originally suspended above Zhang Ruochen’s head slowly moved towards Chi Yao, contacting the shadow of her thirty-three heavenly universes…
In this instant, Zhang Ruochen’s body trembled violently. The blood in his body turned into blood qi and flew towards Chi Yao.
His divine soul drained at ten times the speed.
What drained was also Zhang Ruochen’s lifespan.
Chi Yao’s mind faltered.
Boom!
Boom!
…
Blood mists exploded on Zhang Ruochen and Chi Yao’s bodies. Their flesh became tattered and was further shattering.
Chi Yao’s eyes widened, her face full of struggling expression.
Unfortunately, she could not speak.
Just now, when she tried to stop accepting the transmission, their bodies nearly exploded, divine forms utterly destroyed.
Now, both their cultivation powers were gathered in her body, intertwining and clashing with each other. She could not afford a moment of distraction.
“The truth heart and White苍 Blood Soil in my blood have infinite benefits. Do not get distracted, do not stop. You must fuse the ten heavenly universes quickly, otherwise I might really die from complete loss of blood and lifespan.”
Zhang Ruochen’s body rapidly became shrivelled and aged. Wrinkles appeared on his face, and his hair turned white.
Chi Yao wanted to cry without tears. She could only grit her teeth and circulate the technique with all her might, comprehending the ten heavenly universes and fusing them with her thirty-three heavenly universes shadow.
No one knew how much time passed.
The ten heavenly universes preliminarily fused with Chi Yao’s thirty-three heavenly universes shadow.
But Chi Yao still could not move. She needed to continue condensing. A slight distraction and the ten heavenly universes and thirty-three heavenly universes shadow would both collapse.
Sitting opposite her, Zhang Ruochen was now white-haired, full of wrinkles, with almost all blood in his body drained. He was like a layer of skin wrapped around bones.
Trembling, he withdrew his hands and walked down from the Mirror Terrace.
He looked at his skinny hands, then gently touched his face. He smiled bitterly and shook his head, taking out a bottle of Spring of Life and an eon sacred medicine to replenish blood qi, swallowing them.
His shrivelled body slowly filled up. At least he looked like a normal person.
A normal white-haired old man!
The wrinkles on his face were still countless, utterly decrepit.
Zhang Ruochen took out the Ancient Sword of Sinking Abyss, wiped it repeatedly, his eyes full of reluctance. Finally, he placed it on the Mirror Terrace and said in an extremely aged and hoarse voice: “Yao Yao, I am leaving! The恩恩怨怨 of eighteen hundred years is truly settled today. I am really very happy now, happier than all the experiences of this thousand years combined. It feels like a weight lifted, unprecedentedly relaxed.”
“Next, you must cultivate well, carrying the will of both of us, carrying the expectations of the Sixth Ancestor, Holy Monk, Azure Emperor, Father Emperor and others. You must cultivate to the thirty-three heavenly universes, surpass the great venerables, fight for a future for this world, for this era. I believe you can do it, you will not let me down. It is just a pity…”
Zhang Ruochen touched his face, then coughed, laughing: “It is a pity I am a person who yearns for freedom, aspires to the unknown. A man is a boy until death. I want to travel the universe, see different worlds. This has always been my wish. Do not worry about me. Perhaps one day I will return to Kunlun Realm to see you.”
“I am really leaving. Give the Sinking Abyss to Kunlun, tell him to protect his sister no matter what.”
During the previous transmission, although Zhang Ruochen had not transmitted his mental power to Chi Yao, his mental power had been greatly consumed, almost to the point of exhaustion.
Because of this, after just a few steps, he was panting heavily. He quickly took out a wooden staff to support his aged body and limped out of the scroll world.
Although Chi Yao could not move or speak, she was already in tears, hating Zhang Ruochen to death in her heart. This damned liar.
Even at this point, he was still deceiving her.
His lifespan was clearly already exhausted.
