Chapter 621: Ch 621 - How dare you desecrate my divine purity!

The annual Immortal Alliance Tournament was drawing to a close.

The last few rounds of matches had been effortless for Yino.

Although Lin Che narrowly won each of his fights, his strength grew with every battle.

Soon, the tournament reached the semi-finals.

Under the tournament pairings, Yino was matched against the strongest contender, Nangong Xi.

Meanwhile, Che was set to face her younger sister, Nangong Li.

The morning session would feature the match between Che and Nangong Li.

The afternoon slot would see Yino and Nangong Xi fight for the championship.

The crowd was electric today.

Although Lin Che struggled, his Pure Yang Holy Physique and Protagonist Halo carried him through.

After several near-death breakthroughs, he defeated Nangong Li, the holy maiden of the Frost Palace.

This victory guaranteed Lin Che a spot in the top three.

Up on the seventh-floor spectator seats, Yino remained calm, having expected this outcome.

Beside him, the black-dressed celestial maiden was thrilled.

Lin Che securing a top-three finish meant Pei Zhihan had won her bet against the elders of the Noble Family.

For the next six months at least, Zhihan could protect the Primordial Sacred Land.

While one side celebrated, the other brooded.

Yino noticed Lin Yuchen sitting in the adjacent Lin mansion seating area, cloaked in dark, brooding silence.

Catching his gaze, Yuchen glared back with hatred and murderous intent.

Yino smiled and brushed it off.

After a brief intermission, the Immortal Alliance elder stepped forward to announce the final showdown.

[The final showdown]

[Wuji Sect true disciple He Yino versus Frost Palace holy maiden Nangong Xi!]

The announcer’s passionate voice triggered a massive roar from the crowd waiting around the Dao Testing Pavilion.

For days, people had debated whether Wen Ruzhi or Nangong Xi would take the crown.

But ever since Ruzhi’s shocking surrender, Yino had become the ultimate dark horse.

In previous years, Ruzhi and Nangong Xi had been evenly matched.

Now, Yino had emerged out of nowhere, forcing Ruzhi into a humiliating defeat.

Everyone wondered if Nangong Xi, the legendary Reincarnation of the Moon Goddess, would finally taste defeat today.

Would her undefeated legend end here?

Speculation ran wild among the spectators.

Yino stood on the Dao Testing Pavilion early, waiting for the cold, elegant woman with cascading silver hair to descend from the skey.

Nangong Xi...

The top genius of the righteous path in the game, the Silver Moon Fairy who has never lost a single battle...

I wonder what kind of humiliated expression you’ll make when you taste defeat today...

Even as Yino admired her peerless beauty, a fierce, competitive urge flared in his chest.

Behind the curtain on the seventh floor, Nangong Xi stared down at the disrespectful youth on the stage.

She watched him with spinning silver moons in her eyes.

Beside her, Nangong Li stood with her hands behind her back, looking worried.

"Sister, please be careful," she murmured.

She looked down, still blaming herself for losing to Lin Che.

But what terrified Li even more than her own loss was that Lin Che secretly called Yino his boss, claiming his secret cultivation methods were the sole reason for his rapid growth.

This revelation made the already mysterious youth seem imposing in her mind.

Since she couldn’t even defeat Lin Che, she stood no chance against Yino himself...

Faced with such an invincible opponent, Nangong Li felt her faith in her sister begin to waver.

"Don’t worry," Nangong Xi said softly beneath her veil. "If he truly possesses such talent, he’s all the more worthy of being recruited into our Frost Palace."

Nangong Xi sat up and shifted her gaze, speaking softly beneath her veil.

Nangong Li blushed at her sister’s words.

She had dismissed it as a joke when her sister previously mentioned betrothing her to Yino.

But after witnessing his overwhelming presence and unparalleled talent, she realized marrying him would be a massive step up.

"Either way, good luck, Sister!"

Nangong Li smiled, the warm candlelight catching the small red mole near her eye.

Nangong Xi looked back at her and nodded.

Raising two fingers before her chest, she blurred into a silver-white silhouette and descended toward the Dao Testing Pavilion.

Spiritual lotuses bloomed with every step of her bare feet.

The surrounding space seemed frozen by a holy law.

A bright moon rose from her hair, coating the copper bells on the eaves in silver frost.

As the pure white figure hovered at the center of the stage like a descending deity, the murmurs of the three thousand spectators died down.

The massive Moon dharma illusion hung behind her, blotting out the sky.

The entire Immortal Alliance Pavilion fell so silent that only the pure, harp-like hum of her surging spiritual energy could be heard.

Unlike Ruzhi, Nangong Xi is naturally at the Emptiness Refining stage...

Yino looked up at her, pressing down on his vibrating frost chant sword.

The holy maiden’s moon-white sleeves flowed with the brilliance of a galaxy.

As she touched down, the ripples on the stage’s surface reflected two silver moons.

The lunar phases on her left wrist showed the mystery of moon’s phases, while the star rings on her right shin aligned perfectly with the Circumheavenly Orbit.

Most impressive of all was the Dao rhyme overflowing from her Emptiness Refining stage.

Like an invisible mountain, it forced the qi condensation cultivators below to lower their heads.

Only those at the Divine Transformation stage and above could see the faint glow of the primordial eight trigrams forming beneath her delicate toes.

Tap...

Having displayed her divine might, Nangong Xi retracted her dharma form and lightly stepped onto the ground.

Beneath her pristine, porcelain-like moon dress, she wore no shoes.

A silver moon form was reflected on each of her pale shins, while a pair of divine charm star rings hovered around her snow-white ankles.

These rings were no mere ornaments.

They carried Heavenly Dao patterns, causing the space within ten yards to tremble slightly with every rotation of their silver light.

Yino couldn’t deny the sheer otherworldly beauty of her long pale legs and delicate feet.

But with the silver moon projections on her shins and the star rings around her ankles, she possessed a far more divine aura than any holy maiden he had ever seen.

The reincarnation of the moon goddess is truly something else. Even though she’s only at the Emptiness Refining stage, her grace and presence are on par with Chaerin and Zhihan, who have much higher cultivations...

Yino praised her inwardly. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ

As her dress brushed against the floor, Nangong Xi raised her head and met Yino’s gaze.

Seeing the silver moons in her eyes, Yino was reminded of her description in the game: [Supreme Moon Physique, eyes containing the Starry Abyss.]

Nangong Xi looked at him with a cold gaze.

"He Yino, your talent is truly extraordinary," she said. "Are you willing to join the Frost Palace?"

With a wave of her hand, her Moon Wheel Dharma Form expanded to over a hundred feet.

Moonlight pierced through the glazed tiles of the Immortal Alliance Pavilion, casting a massive Moon Screen Projection from the skey.

Bathing in the silver light, the crowd felt an infinite trembling power hum in their ears, as if the very laws of Heaven and Earth were whispering in reverence.

Thud...

Someone in the crowd fell to their knees, followed by the rustling of robes as countless others knelt.

Her Moon Wheel Dharma Form carried no hostility.

It was only meant to let Yino experience her divine power up close.

Yino shook himself out of his trance.

Looking around at the kneeling and fainting spectators, he understood the silent threat, yet he remained calm and indifferent.

"Not interested," Yino replied. "My heart already belongs to someone else."

Nangong Xi pressed her lips together in silence.

He made it sound as if she were asking him to marry into her family.

She sighed softly.

"Yino, the grand Dao has countless paths. With your talent, you’re destined for greatness and immortality. Because of this, you must think of the long term."

"Yuyan’s destiny is too weak. If you stay with her, she’ll only drag you down, eventually pulling you into an abyss of eternal suffering..."

"This is no exaggeration, Yino. One day, you’ll regret getting so close to Yuyan."

"I’m the holy maiden of the Frost Palace, the reincarnation of the moon goddess from the Nine Heavens. If you join us, you’ll receive the protection of the goddess from the Immortal Realm, allowing you to bypass any future heavenly tribulations!"

Nangong Xi opened her arms, bathed in a holy glow as she advised him like a living bodhisattva.

Yino was growing irritated.

They had no personal grudge, and he had intended to spare her feelings.

Yet she wouldn’t stop lecturing him, treating him like a fool while insulting Yuyan.

Yino raised an eyebrow with a mocking smirk.

"If I truly wanted to become a believer of the moon goddess, would I need an avatar body like you to guide me?"

"Before trying to guide me, have you even cleared the Karma of your own existence as a mere avatar?"

Yino spoke softly, his voice meant only for Nangong Xi to hear.

The Silver Moon woman froze, her divine light faltering.

She widened her eyes as his words struck her deepest vulnerability.

"You’re indeed as frivolous and arrogant as the rumors say..."

Beneath her moon-white sleeves, she clenched her fists and spoke with a slight tremble of shame and anger.

Her warmth and patience vanished, replaced by a cold, merciless divinity as her Moon Wheel Dharma Form shifted into a combat array.

"Since you dare to defy and desecrate the divine, don’t blame me for showing no mercy!"

"You’re just an avatar body. Do you think you’re the real moon goddess?"

Refusing to back down, Yino formed a hand seal, unleashing his Ancient True Phoenix blood.

His aura surged, climbing until his cultivation reached the Emptiness Refining stage, matching her own.

However, since this wasn’t the Dual Pupil World, he held back his strength for his opening move.

Nangong Xi glared at him with cold annoyance.

"You talk too much."

With a wave of her hand, several moon wheels and star rings swept toward him, threatening to crush him.

Yino gathered his energy, conjuring a Yin-Yang Sword Array around himself to block the attack.

As their energies clashed, Nangong Xi gritted her teeth.

The word avatar kept echoing in her mind, fueling her growing rage.

"That demoness Wen Ruzhi must’ve told you about my identity as an avatar! You’re just repeating her rumors. What could you possibly know!"

"An avatar is indeed just an avatar. You lose your temper after a few words, and your mental state is far inferior to the real one, the true moon goddess!"

Yino smirked, spotting a flaw in her stance as he continued to provoke her.

His words were like sharp needles.

Though they were evenly matched in raw power, his repeated taunts pierced straight through her pride, shaking her carefully maintained Dao Heart.

"Come to think of it, I have a proposal..."

Standing beneath her silver moonlight, Yino looked over her exquisite, dignified figure with slow, deliberate insolence.

"How about this? Submit to me, and let’s combine my Holy Physique and Ancient True Phoenix blood with your Supreme Moon Physique. We can engage in Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation, sharing both our fortunes and the heights of physical pleasure..."

"Not only will my pure yang essence boost your cultivation, but if you become my concubine, I might even help you in Reversing Cause and Effect. You could seize the divine foundation of your main body and become the sole, true moon goddess in this world!"

Nangong Xi froze in shock.

The momentary shock gave way to a cold, bottomless rage.

She flared with an unprecedented, world-shaking divine fury.

[How dare you defile my divine purity! You are courting death! ]