Chapter 680: Alive, I Want to See the Person; Dead, I Want to See the Body

Chapter 680: Chapter 545: Alive, I Want to See the Person; Dead, I Want to See the Body

Within the Yuzhu Secret Realm, the various exits leading to the outside world were slowly closing, one by one.

As the Secret Realm gradually annihilated and collapsed, more and more Cultivators were crushed and torn apart by an irresistible void force. Their bodies and souls were obliterated amidst bloodcurdling screams, vanishing completely into nothingness, leaving not even a chance for reincarnation.

At this moment, not a single living soul remained in the vast Yuzhu Secret Realm. There was only a dead silence.

His Life Origin completely dissipated, Xiao Mo fell silently from the sky like a kite with a severed string.

However, just as he was about to crash heavily onto the ground, a gentle breeze suddenly swept past, lifting him slowly and catching him securely.

The breeze then slowly coalesced into the form of a woman with picturesque features and a graceful bearing.

She gently cradled Xiao Mo in her arms, carefully descending from the sky back to the ground.

Gazing at the closed eyes of the man in her arms, her own eyes revealed a deep reluctance to part and a profound heartache.

At the same time, a woman slowly walked out from the divine statue deep within the palace.

The woman in the golden skirt strolled over to the woman formed from the breeze. She looked down at Xiao Mo in her arms, her expression filled with hatred.

“A pity he wasn’t completely obliterated this time.”

The golden-skirted woman gritted her teeth, her voice as cold as a blade. She looked as if she wanted to flay Xiao Mo alive.

“I would never let you do that to my master,” the woman formed from the breeze said calmly. Her gaze remained fixed on Xiao Mo’s face, never wavering for an instant.

“Heh heh heh…”

The golden-skirted woman let out a cold laugh, her tone dripping with ridicule.

“You five sisters acknowledged him as your master all those years ago. Even in death, you built your tombs upon this sealing Grand Array, each of you suppressing and sealing us on his behalf.”

“And you… you claim it was all for the future of the Ten Thousand Races, but look at the state of the Ten Thousand Races in the world today.”

“I merely hinted at the location of this forbidden ground to those three ants, and the fools flattened Nine Netherworld Mountain and found this place.”

“Then, with a little more inducement, I led them to believe that entering the core of the Secret Realm required a blood sacrifice of tens of thousands of Cultivators. And sure enough, they tricked a great number of Cultivators into coming here to die!”

“Those foolish things! For a few pitiful Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, they fought to the death, betrayed their own sworn brothers, and even harmed their own cultivation partners.”

She glanced at Xiao Mo and said with contempt,

“You see? In the end, he was betrayed by your own Demon Race and met such a miserable fate.”

The golden-skirted woman tilted her head slightly, a trace of confusion in her eyes. “Hei Yin’er, tell me—the Ten Thousand Races fought us, the Divine Race, to the death, shedding rivers of blood back then… what was it all for? Is this the future you wanted?”

“Regardless of where the path of the Ten Thousand Races leads, it will ultimately be their own choice.”

The woman named Hei Yin’er spoke in a low voice as she reached out to stroke Xiao Mo’s already cold cheek.

“It is still better than in those days, when we were at the mercy of you Divine Spirits, to be slaughtered and enslaved.”

“Heh heh heh…”

The golden-skirted woman chuckled softly, her laughter as crisp as a bell.

“Then you had better have the ability to suppress us forever and ever. But don’t you forget—the Ten Thousand Races did not win that Divine War! And we… we never lost!”

She lifted her chin slightly, her voice icy and resolute. “We will return!”

“And on the day we truly return,” the golden-skirted woman’s voice deepened, her gaze as sharp as a blade, “I will make your master remember everything, piece by piece. Then, I’ll have my sister kill him with her own hands!”

“That day is not far off.”

As her voice faded, the golden-skirted woman’s form gradually dissolved into specks of golden light, scattering in the air like fireflies.

Deep within the palace, the divine statue returned to its calm state, showing no further signs of disturbance.

“Master… rest assured. Yin’er will watch her closely and will never let her escape.”

Hei Yin’er lowered her head, gazing at the quiet, pale face in her arms.

The next moment, Hei Yin’er abruptly transformed into a plume of black flame that slowly enveloped Xiao Mo’s body.

In the short span of ten breaths, Xiao Mo’s body was completely reduced to ash by the black flames, dissipating between heaven and earth.

The black flame, however, gently wrapped around Xiao Mo’s Divine Soul, layer by layer, and silently sent it out of the collapsing Secret Realm.

“Master… we five sisters… will always be waiting for you… waiting for the day you truly return…”

Within the Secret Realm, only Hei Yin’er’s ethereal voice remained, echoing for a long time amidst the collapsing world.

And the very instant Xiao Mo’s Divine Soul left the Secret Realm, the entire Yuzhu Secret Realm collapsed completely, turning to nothingness.

Only that lone palace remained, floating in the depths of the endless void.

…

A hundred li outside Nine Netherworld Mountain, Xiao Qing was rushing toward the land of the Yuzhu at top speed.

At this moment, Xiao Qing felt an extreme urgency, as if every breath was as long as a century.

For Xiao Qing, this was the most promising chance she had in all these years to bring Brother Xiao back.

However, just as she arrived about fifty li from the Yuzhu Secret Realm, Xiao Qing’s mind suddenly jolted.

An indescribable sense of dread suddenly surged in her heart.

Almost subconsciously, she used her Dragon Race’s Divine Abilities to cast a tight shield of protection around herself and her maid.

In the next instant, an incredibly violent ripple of Spiritual Power, carrying scorching hot flames, suddenly burst outward.

Xiao Qing could even clearly feel that the very Laws of heaven and earth had fallen into slight disarray.

“This is…”

Xiao Qing clenched her small hands tightly, her fingertips turning white from the force.

In her several thousand years of cultivation, this was not the first time Xiao Qing had encountered such a phenomenon.

A situation like this usually meant only one thing—a Secret Realm was collapsing!

‘Brother Xiao… you have to be okay…’

Xiao Qing’s heart felt as if it were being squeezed, making it difficult to even breathe.

A sense of regret even welled up inside her.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt she should have gone to investigate right away, instead of continuously gathering information and delaying until now!

“Sister Xiaoqing, look!”

Her maid, Han’er, raised her hand and pointed ahead.

In the Nine Netherworld Abyss not far away, a massive vortex had formed, swirling like a tidal wave and devouring everything around it.

Above the abyss, dark clouds gathered, pressing down in thick layers. Countless bolts of lightning struck down one after another, illuminating the entire gloomy sky.

Furthermore, the high-pitched and mournful cries of a phoenix echoed from the depths of the abyss, reverberating between heaven and earth.

With the abyss as its epicenter, violent ripples of Spiritual Power spread for ten thousand li, making even the distant horizon tremble.

“BOOM!”

Along with a world-shaking bang, as if the sky and earth themselves had been blasted through, the deafening roar lingered for a long time.

When the massive sound finally dissipated, only a gigantic, deep crater remained where the abyss had once been.

“Sister Xiaoqing, this… this is…” Han’er stared blankly ahead, her voice trembling uncontrollably.

“The Yuzhu Secret Realm…” Xiao Qing’s nails nearly dug into her palms as she slowly uttered each word, “has collapsed.”

“If he’s alive, I will see the man. If he’s dead, I will see his corpse!”

Xiao Qing snapped her head up, her gaze sweeping over her maid like a sharp blade.

“Han’er! Investigate!”