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Chapter 207: A Horrifying Revelation, the Fairy's Descent
Chapter 207: A Horrifying Revelation, the Fairy’s Descent
A cup of turbid wine, a realm of transcendence!
At the Path's End level, to still experience such a dramatic enhancement in cultivation is simply inconceivable, almost unimaginable.
Shaohua held the cup, her heart brimming with countless insights and reflections.
In the clarity of her mind and body, her Dao progressed, not drastically, but like a gentle stream flowing from various domains, filling her with vitality.
They say that reaching the emperor stage at Path's End is the pinnacle. Now, she was approaching another Path's End within Path's End, truly not far from the ultimate realm.
The Sacrificial Dao, in a certain sense, can also be seen as the peak of an imperial realm, truly reaching the end of the path, burning the Great Dao itself.
"I was too hasty." Shaohua crushed the cup in her hand with a snap, letting out a long sigh. She had no chance to use such means again.
The saying goes, once, twice, but not thrice. At this level, the final step cannot be achieved by merely absorbing the essence of the Dao.
Or rather, the Dao of all worlds has almost been exhausted by her. Any further absorption would only be repetition, devoid of significance.
More importantly, she had a clear understanding. After learning about the anomalies of the Strange Race and the 'Wasteland,' she had become somewhat anxious and restless.
The past had been altered, and the future had become even more unpredictable.
This unexpected butterfly that had intruded had ultimately stirred up a storm capable of disrupting the entire ancient history, changing everything.
Shaohua did not think that the 'Wasteland' would be in trouble, but who could guarantee that nothing unexpected would happen?
The fact was, even she could not sense the existence of that person, and the world was vast and boundless, with no one knowing of the 'Wasteland.' How could this not be worrying?
Thus, she was in a hurry, desperately hoping to enhance her strength.
Sometimes, knowing too much is not entirely a good thing.
Although the Sinister Race has ten ancestors, it is not impossible to fight them.
The most terrifying aspect is the Plateau itself, which has developed a vague consciousness and can borrow some of the former patient's power.
Even if the Plateau's consciousness cannot fully utilize the might beyond the Sacrificial Dao and lacks the means and methods of battle, the ability to reshape everything and rewrite history makes it too formidable!
Knowing this, Shaohua had spared no effort in enhancing her cultivation. Now, calming down, she finally realized.
"Having tried my best, I have no regrets. Realizing this now is not too late." Her eyes shone brightly as she exhaled a breath of turbid air, her resolve growing firmer.
She was just in a hurry, not out of fear. Even if the past, present, and future had been altered, so what? She was still here. What was there to fear?
"Rats, cats, tigers, supreme beings, and titans—those are the divisions of others' evolutionary paths. I walk my own path and should judge by my own standards."
She muttered to herself, "My current realm should be the fifth breakthrough of the Dao Mastery stage."
The terms Dao Ancestor and Quasi-Immortal Emperor merely denote the initial entry into the Dao Mastery stage, while Path's End and Immortal Emperor signify the sixth breakthrough, truly reaching the end of the Destined Land Art.
If a forced comparison were to be made, then rats, cats, and tigers could be seen as the first three breakthroughs. There is a gap between ordinary tigers and great tigers, and beyond the tyrannosaurs, there are even more formidable and invincible tyrannosaurs.
Shaohua nodded slightly, finding this very reasonable. Dressed in her green robe, her bare feet gleaming, she stepped into a decaying world.
Each step she took ignited a cluster of scripture fires, accompanied by a rain of light, illuminating this dark and vast shattered world.
The cold, lifeless land, long extinguished, came to life again with her arrival, the former vibrant state vividly present.
"Only, is my method, my Dao, my path, truly and completely my own?" She lowered her eyes, thinking of something extremely terrifying in this final moment of tranquility.
Doubts from her early years resurfaced.
She had created her method and established her Dao, starting from the seventh incarnation by observing the Chaos Green Lotus, transforming in the Three Lifetimes Bronze Coffin, thus truly laying the foundation for the Destined Land Art. Back then, she had doubts, and now, reflecting on it, it was even more horrifying.
She extended her hand, long and fair, fingers like onion roots, radiating a lustrous, jade-like glow. But on this flawless jade hand, threads of dark and gloomy energy swirled.
It was not a matter of rejection or suppression, but of control.
If the creatures of the Strange Race were to see this, they would be stunned. When did outsiders gain the ability to wield such dark and ominous forces?
If circumstances had allowed, Shaohua would not have absorbed the essence of the Dao containing strange energies, fearing potential side effects in the future.
However, she no longer had the time or energy to separate the essence of the Dao. Whether it was the orthodox essence or the strange essence, anything that could enhance her strength was good.
In fact, during her time in the Immortal Ancient, she had collected various scriptures from the Alien Domain, including some techniques that utilized strange energies.
It was a unique evolutionary path, although incomplete, it was still worth learning from.
For some inexplicable reason, she could control strange substances even without falling.
This was the reason for her horror.
"Ha ha ha, what's wrong with me? Am I starting to doubt whether I'm the main character?"
Shaohua took a deep breath and couldn't help but laugh loudly. Her clear and resonant voice echoed through the universe, her graceful and slender figure moving seductively.
Even so, it did not detract from her demeanor, which remained captivating and stunning.
However, her transcendent and ethereal nature now brought forth boundless calamity.
The fifteen-colored protective light that once surrounded her body had now transformed into terrifying calamity light.
In the next moment, with a thunderous boom, the sky split, and the entire world shattered.
The River of Time surged, time fragments flying everywhere. Two terrifying figures emerged from the Plateau, stepping across the sea, one of them crushing the world where Shaohua had stood and revived.
"Can you run?" A deep and hoarse voice echoed, a large hand reaching out, crushing countless shattered worlds with a mere gesture.
"The two Immortal Emperors of the Eternal Silence have taken the path of death, their sins unforgivable. Pursue!" The other person said coldly, his demeanor domineering.
The two walked side by side, one tracking and the other calculating, determined to capture the fleeing woman.
However, they did not expect that Shaohua had not fled at all. She was lurking in the ruins of the shattered world, suddenly striking first, using an emperor-level technique against one of the strange Immortal Emperors.
"Such audacity! Facing our pursuit, you not only don't run but dare to attack. You're courting death!" The man shouted, clearly enraged, and attacked fiercely.
But with a bang, the hastily gathered power was scattered by Shaohua's long-prepared emperor technique, and he exploded.
Resting and waiting, combined with the element of surprise, naturally led to success.
At the same time, the other tall and imposing strange Immortal Emperor reacted, using a forbidden secret technique against Shaohua.
The Imperial Dao Flag flew out, spanning the gap between them, the patterns of the Dao Mastery stage spreading out, emitting a brilliant light, protecting its owner from the attack but being bent and flung into the Sacrificial Sea.
Shaohua, undeterred, held the enlarged Chronofurnace and once again shattered the strange Immortal Emperor who had reappeared, forcefully smashing him to pieces.
As the Chronofurnace swung down, nearby worlds exploded, causing the fragments of the Dao to boil, and the furnace walls glowed with runes, with the flames of the Great Dao rising to the sky, like a grand fireworks display in the depths of the Sacrificial Sea.
This time, she did not try to match the two formidable enemies with her own strength alone. She immediately seized the part of the strange Immortal Emperor's essence that had been shattered and forced it into the Chronofurnace to be refined and burned, swift and decisive.
"Those who cannot be buried, shall be interred in the Four Poles Wastes. Cut the yin and yang twigs, summon the Voidblaze, harness the Eonflare, burn!"
"What is this strange thing?!" The strange Immortal Emperor was shocked, unable to remain calm, sensing a fatal threat from this seemingly ordinary and ancient furnace.
At this supreme level, the instincts of the mind do not act without cause. Whatever is felt, must be true!
For this reason, he chose to self-destruct, voluntarily disintegrating his shattered body, only losing a small part to the woman, while the rest reappeared nearby.
Then, he realized that the part of his true self that had been lost had completely severed contact, unable to self-destruct or reassemble, causing his scalp to tingle.
The lost part of his essence corresponded to his skull.
He had become bald, but not stronger.
The bald Immortal Emperor felt a sense of foreboding, wondering if something was about to go wrong.
By all accounts, those at Path's End should be eternal, their Dao bodies indestructible, their Soul Essences immortal. Even if they exploded or shattered, they would eventually reappear in the world.
But now, he keenly sensed that the part of his essence lost in that furnace had been partially destroyed by the other party.
"Useless, even if I die unexpectedly, I can still revive in the ancestral land. But if you want to kill me, you will pay the price!"
The bald Immortal Emperor admitted defeat before the battle, his aura naturally weakened, yet he had a stubborn determination, feeling fortunate that they had come in a pair, or something truly unexpected might have happened.
Nearby, the other tall and imposing strange Immortal Emperor seized the opportunity and attacked Shaohua again.
This time, without the Imperial Dao Flag to protect her, the fifteen-colored calamity light around Shaohua's body shattered, the Chaos vortex exploded, the Three-Inch Mortal Realm was breached, and the Celestial Battle Armor shattered.
She spat blood from the corner of her mouth but did not fly away. Her figure staggered, and she retaliated, a brilliant sword wheel slicing through the void, her fingers like a sword, cutting through the air.
The strange Immortal Emperor did not retreat, clashing with her. His hand ached, his palm and fingers turning into white bone, looking quite gruesome, suffering a significant loss.
"I underestimated you!"
The strange Immortal Emperor's face was cold, his aura intimidating, his figure towering and imposing, causing nearby shattered worlds to tremble and emit thunderous sounds.
However, he did not continue the attack but stood still, his other intact hand reaching out towards Shaohua.
Instantly, Shaohua's figure appeared in his palm, vivid and lifelike, and he crushed it, turning it to dust.
This figure was not Shaohua's true self, but it seemed to have a real connection to her, as if it were her destiny, her ultimate fate.
The strange Immortal Emperor extended his hand, now a white bone, using his own flesh and blood as ink, seemingly writing something, with mysterious patterns and textures appearing, entering different dimensions.
In an instant, a Path's End sacrificial text was completed, and the end of time emitted a grand sound.
The text burned, releasing boundless light, pale and strange, yet illuminating eternity, as if announcing to the myriad worlds.
Shaohua's body trembled, sensing immense pressure on her true self, her body cracking and bleeding.
This was terrifying. She seemed to be taking on the destiny of the figure crushed by the strange Immortal Emperor, about to be crushed herself.
"What destiny and karma, break it!"
Shaohua shouted, her fighting spirit rising, using the strange powers within her, her body bursting with endless killing intent.
The Sacrificial Sea exploded, the sky split, and she burst into boundless flames, burning herself, successfully breaking free from the unseen shackles.
At this moment, with a boom, two imperial artifacts slammed down. The bald Immortal Emperor seized the opportunity to retaliate, driving his imperial artifact to attack.
Shaohua coughed blood, retreating many steps, her once flawless body covered in cracks, nearly exploding, blood seeping from the cracks.
"Ha, failing to kill me will only make me stronger!"
Her hair disheveled, her beautiful eyes growing redder, her strength slowly increasing, as if breaking free from the constraints of her body, striving to emerge as a new and true self.
Countless brilliant raindrops fell, each stained with her blood, flooding the Sacrificial Sea, sweeping through the heavens and earth.
The crimson Blood Rain, like a sky full of evening glow, suppressed the two strange Immortal Emperors.
"Flag, join me in battle!" Shaohua's eyes blazed with intense red light, her long cry shaking the many dimensions.
"Chi!"
The Imperial Dao Flag had already restored itself, radiating immortal light in the River of Time, illuminating the ages, rising from the ground and breaking through time to return.
"Poof, poof, poof!!!"
Amidst the blinding bloodlight, Shaohua attacked relentlessly, almost madly, nearly driven to madness, causing the blood of the strange emperor to fly, and she herself had disintegrated several times.
Such a battle, no one could remain unscathed, especially since her cultivation had just broken through, not yet reaching the sixth breakthrough.
Even with the Chronofurnace, a powerful weapon, continuously eroding the enemies' strength, she was still fighting two, inevitably paying a great price.
"That furnace is too strange. It is definitely not a tool she could have refined. It can quickly burn away our essence. Could it be the ancient artifact our clan has been searching for?!"
The bald Immortal Emperor was both delighted and alarmed, delighted at finding the ancient artifact sought by the ancestors, but alarmed at losing a significant portion of his essence(End of Chapter)
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