235: Chapter 235 Countdown Begins

In Su Changge's Sea of Consciousness, on the light screen representing emotion points, a string of numbers glowed brilliantly, their radiance almost stinging his Divine Soul.

"Ten million!"

These three words weighed more than a mountain, pressing down on his heart.

This was the most important cornerstone of his future path to enlightenment.

At this moment, inside the System, the name of a Cultivation Technique was resonating with that string of numbers with equally fierce light—【Taishang Wuji Sword Scripture (One-Breath Reality Version)】. Redeeming it would exhaust all the emotion points in his account, leaving not a single coin left.

Su Changge's Dao Heart wavered as never before.

"If I do not spend them... today, this place will be my burial ground!"

The Remnant Soul of the Empress's fire of resentment, burning its Origin, was enough to burn his Sacred Body and Divine Soul into ashes!

Is life more important, or are these worldly possessions more important?

Everyone knows the answer.

But knowing it does not mean being reconciled to it!

Su Changge gritted his teeth, a sour numbness spreading from his roots, and the taste of blood filled his mouth. He had made his decision.

Five meters!

The phantom wreathed in black flames had stepped within five meters of him! The black wind of resentment around it was no longer formless Qi but had turned into countless pitch-black blades, slicing through space and emitting a teeth-grinding shriek.

What burned on its body was a resentment fire of black tinged with red. The flames had no temperature, yet they annihilated matter and Law. The hard rock beneath its feet did not melt into magma but crumbled and vanished, turning into absolute void, leaving a pitch-black pit with mirror-smooth edges.

"Roar—!"

A roar containing endless resentment and madness shattered Su Changge's Divine Soul. The massive phantom lunged forward, a giant claw wrapped in blood-colored lightning tearing through space, aiming straight for his throat!

Before the claw arrived, the sharpness that could destroy everything had already pierced his neck with a needle-like pain.

Su Changge remained with his hands behind his back, his figure standing tall like a pine, steady as a mountain. He slightly raised his chin, looking at the approaching death-dealing blood claw with the indifferent gaze of someone looking down at an ant.

He appeared calm, but in reality, he had already issued the command to the System in his Sea of Consciousness. He deliberately struck this unfathomable pose to allow the System to load that earth-shattering special effect, leaving a final buffer of one breath.

...

Meanwhile, a thousand years later, separated by endless time and space, in the Cangxuan Dao Domain, Taixuan Sect.

Inside a heavily guarded meditation chamber, the Spiritual Qi was so dense it turned into tangible white mist.

Ye Qingyao sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, her magical power circulating, at the critical juncture of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Without warning, her heart gave a violent twitch, and an indescribable, sharp pain exploded from the depths of her heart pulse, instantly spreading through her entire body!

"Pfft—!"

A mouthful of scalding blood uncontrollably sprayed from her mouth, splashing onto her pristine white Daoist robe like red plum blossoms blooming in the snow, a shocking sight.

Ye Qingyao's complexion instantly drained of color, turning pale as paper. She clutched her chest tightly, the sharp pain causing her petite body to curl up, unable to even straighten her back.

Amidst the intense pain, a seal sealed for eons in the deepest part of her Soul quietly cracked.

Countless chaotic, fragmented, and terrifyingly real images washed over her mind.

It was the Blood Abyss Realm of one hundred thousand years ago, where the sky was an unfading crimson and the earth flowed with the blood of immortals and demons.

An Empress in blood-colored imperial robes, peerless in elegance, led an army of a million Blood Clan members, waging a world-shaking war against the immortals and gods that swept across the Nine Heavens.

The ancestor of the Immortal Sect struck, a giant hand covering the sky descending from beyond, shattering her Imperial Soul and suppressing her forever in the deepest part of the Blood Abyss Realm.

The unwilling resentment of the Empress before she fell dyed the sky of the entire Blood Abyss Realm red.

The images shifted, and a face so handsome it made the heavens lose their color appeared in the depths of her memory. That person was smiling gently at her, softly calling her: Qingyao.

"Ah—!"

Ye Qingyao's head felt like it was being torn apart; she held her head in her hands and crouched on the ground in pain.

She forcibly circulated her Cultivation Technique, trying to suppress the disturbance in her Soul, but the unease stemming from the depths of her Bloodline and Divine Soul grew stronger, almost drowning her reason.

"Revered Master!"

"Something happened to Revered Master!"

This thought was not a baseless guess but an intuition born from a Soul bond! Her Revered Master, Su Changge, must be facing a life-and-death ordeal right now!

Ye Qingyao bit her lower lip, a trail of blood sliding down the corner of her mouth. She stood up abruptly from the ground, staggering as she prepared to rush out.

She had to go to the Blood Abyss Realm! She had to be by Revered Master's side!

However, just as she took a step, the heavy stone door of the meditation chamber was pushed open by a gentle yet irresistible force. An Elder of the Sect with white hair and beard, possessing an immortal aura, appeared at the door.

When he saw Ye Qingyao's current state, the Elder's expression changed drastically, and his figure flashed to block her path.

"Qingyao! Have you lost your mind? You are at the critical moment of breaking through; are you trying to destroy your own Dao foundation by forcing your way out!"

"Move aside! I have to find Revered Master!" Ye Qingyao's eyes were red, desperately trying to break free from the Elder's restraint, her voice filled with tears.

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Blood Abyss Realm, Wall Zone.

The aura of death carried by the blood claw had already enveloped the five-meter radius around Su Changge.

In the depths of his pupils, the increasingly clear sharp claw was reflected; there was no more hesitation in his heart, and his Divine Thought exploded in his Sea of Consciousness like thunder.

"System, redeem the One-Breath Reality Version of 【Taishang Wuji Sword Scripture】!"

Almost the moment his thought fell, that cold, mechanical, emotionless prompt sounded in his mind.

【Detected Host's request to redeem: Taishang Wuji Sword Scripture (One-Breath Reality Version)】

【Required emotion points: Ten million】

【Confirm consumption?】

"Confirm!" Su Changge's Divine Thought was resolute.

【Confirming command... emotion points cleared... redemption successful】

【Special effect loading, countdown to the manifestation of the Heavenly Dao's might... three... two... one...】

Just as the System's prompt ended, a trace of Sword Intent quietly escaped from the tip of the index finger of Su Changge's hand behind his back.

It was not mere sharpness, but a more fundamental power. It was the manifestation of the concept of "severing," the supreme will to cut off Karma and destroy Laws!

The moment this trace of Sword Intent appeared, the three-hundred-fold gravity Law acting on this place let out an unbearable moan and was forcibly torn open!

The Empress Phantom that was crazily lunging over felt, for the first time, an instinctive horror and fear in its scarlet eyes. It felt the aura of a natural enemy, a threat of death sufficient to erase it from the level of existence!

Its attack stopped abruptly, and its massive body involuntarily moved back by half a step. It stared fixedly at that unremarkable finger of Su Changge, its violent killing intent replaced by extreme fear.

Seeing this, Su Changge felt slightly relieved.

"It worked! This ghost thing is finally going to be executed!"

In his Sea of Consciousness, the cold countdown numbers chimed like the funeral bell of the Heavenly Dao.

Three.

Two.

One.

The moment the countdown ended, a point of light bloomed from Su Changge's fingertip.

It was not white light, nor was it any light existing in the world. It was the primal light from before Chaos was opened and Yin and Yang were judged, the starting point of creation and destruction!

The moment this point of light shone, within the entire Wall Zone, whether it was the gravity Law, the black wind of resentment, or the Origin resentment fire burning on the Empress Phantom, all were washed away, torn apart, and crushed by the supreme Sword Intent contained in this light, turning into nothingness!

However, just a moment before this sword, capable of severing eternity, was about to be unleashed.

In the depths of Su Changge's Sea of Consciousness, without warning, a completely different, strange prompt sound with a hint of frivolity and playfulness rang out.

【Ding! Detected that the Host is acting cool, Super Doubling System has been activated!】

Su Changge's finger, poised to point, froze in mid-air.

He was completely stunned.

"What the hell?"