24: Become an earthly immortal and kill the demons!

Meng Yun's movements stalled.

In that very instant, the Demon Seed seized the opportunity, and a torrential flood swept over, instantly slamming Meng Yun back to the ground.

Meng Yun endured the impact, suffering immense pain.

However, no matter how much physical pain his Physical Body suffered, it could not compare to the shock in his heart at this moment.

"How could this be? Why is Wu Yinyao here? And with Linglong too?"

"What are you staring blankly for? Go beat the crap out of it!"

Amidst the chaos, Luo Mian arrived wielding the Falling Star Spear, thrusting it out to carve a safe zone a zhang wide for Meng Yun.

However, the half-step Earth Immortal Realm was simply too strong. In just one exchange, Luo Mian was already vomiting blood, his skin splitting inch by inch across his entire body, blood spraying everywhere. It was truly tragic.

Even so, he gritted his teeth and held on, determined not to let his good brother suffer any more harm.

Luo Mian? Why? In this lifetime, he had clearly tried to avoid the two of them, clearly there hadn't been much interaction between them... Could it be...

An epiphany flashed through Meng Yun's mind.

That was it. If the Demon Seed could gain awareness through repeated Reincarnation, then Luo Mian and Wu Yinyao, who bore the mandate of heaven, had no reason to remain unaffected.

They, too, were gaining insight and growing through repeated Reincarnation! The living beings of this world were also fighting desperately to save themselves!

There was no time to continue thinking. Meng Yun grabbed Luo Mian and threw him out of the attack range.

He thrust his longsword out fiercely, a heaven-shaking sword radiance completely severing the torrent. The offensive dissipated.

"Huff... huff..." Meng Yun used his sword to prop himself up, supporting his body as he looked toward the horizon.

There, the Demon Eye opened and closed, and within the chains, Wu Yinyao and Linglong remained bound. The chains were still tightening bit by bit.

"Squeak..." Linglong let out a weak call, its little paws patting against the chains, yet it could not even leave a mark.

Wu Yinyao was in immense pain, but the look she gave Meng Yun held no pleading or weakness; she just shook her head desperately. Don't worry about her!

Seeing the hesitation in Meng Yun's eyes, a touch of determination crossed Wu Yinyao's brow. She could read Meng Yun's eyes.

That was the same care and indulgence that had remained unchanged regardless of how many lifetimes of Reincarnation they had passed through.

Whether he was the burly man with Innate Divine Power, the brilliant strategist, or the peerless Sword God before her, Meng Yun was always that same Meng Yun.

Since that was the case, she had no regrets in this life. In the previous two Reincarnations, Meng Yun had died because of her. This deep affection—in this lifetime, she had finally waited for the chance to repay it. Even so, she still owed him a lifetime!

She mobilized her Innate True Qi, and her entire aura began to boil. Although she was far from being a match for the Demon Seed, by intentionally letting herself be captured, she had the chance to deliver a thunderous blow at close range. This strike would pierce the stars!

The Demon Seed felt the fluctuations coming from the chains, and for no reason, its heart palpitated. This tiny Innate captive actually harbored such power within her! No, it absolutely could not give her a chance!

With that thought, it turned its gaze toward Wu Yinyao, and the terrifying torrent began to brew with light.

"Oh no, Wu Yinyao is going to self-destruct!" Luo Mian was horrified. But he was covered in wounds, and could only rage impotently, watching everything unfold with eyes splitting from anger.

Meng Yun's face was indifferent as a Restriction unlocked within his body. He had seized every second, risking his life to rush here. Who would have thought the Demon Seed had already grown to this Realm? Finally, he had to take this step.

"Burn the... boats," he murmured.

This was absolutely not for Wu Yinyao, absolutely not. He had reached the end of his rope; other than using "Burn the Boats" to overdraw himself, there was no other possibility of defeating the Demon Seed. And the consequences of failure were something no one could bear.

Meng Yun officially ascended to the Earth Immortal Realm. An inexplicable aura emanated from his body, but it did not make him more dazzling; instead, his entire being began to turn illusory. It was as if he were slowly merging with the entire world, blending together seamlessly.

Meng Yun stepped forward, disappearing into the Void Realm, and appeared directly before the Demon Seed. With a light, airy sword strike, he tapped directly onto the Demon Seed's eyeball, the sword radiance splitting into billions, each one easily piercing through it.

"Ahhh!!!" The Demon Seed let out a heaven-shaking roar, and the chains filling the sky trembled wildly.

"Die." Meng Yun said calmly. His wooden sword held no energy fluctuations as he lightly slashed downward at the Demon Seed.

The world fell silent instantly; even the sound of the wind stopped. This silence lasted for a full ten seconds.

The Demon Seed's body, which had filled the sky, was split in two, and pure energy permeated out, returning to the world once more.

Wu Yinyao's beautiful eyes flickered, the shock in them impossible to hide. She stared blankly at everything; it had ended in the blink of an eye, and even the aura of her self-destruction had stabilized.

This is... over? Meng Yun, he killed the Demon Seed? Just like that? So simple, so easy...

As this thought flashed by, after a brief moment of astonishment, joy at surviving a catastrophe surged in Wu Yinyao's heart. She held Linglong and drifted to the ground, her beautiful eyes filled with hopeful radiance as she looked up at the solitary figure in the sky.

At this moment, Meng Yun's expression was indifferent, his pupils dyed a golden color, as he slashed out with his sword once more, aiming deep into the separated body of the Demon Seed, pointing directly at the Demon Core.

"Meng Yun, no, don't!"

"I'll give you the Earth Immortal Realm, I am willing to be your lackey from now on, a slave for all eternity..." The Demon Seed's weak, pleading voice echoed across the sky, yet the wooden sword did not stop its approach according to its will.

It was utterly desperate, completely maddened. "Meng Yun, how dare you! The Three Thousand Worlds are filled with my traces everywhere. Kill me, and you won't be able to escape, you won't be able to escape—"

Pfft... The Demon Core was like a deflating balloon, pure energy erupting wildly, returning to the world. The Demon Seed's final voice also dissipated completely.

"I, too, should go..." Meng Yun murmured, his entire body suddenly losing control, falling straight down from the Nine Heavens.

【 Relying on "Burn the Boats," you squeezed your potential to the maximum, overdrawing everything to briefly ascend to the Earth Immortal Realm, completely slaying the Demon Seed, and the greatest source of threat to the world has thus vanished. 】

【 At the edge of the world, unknown to anyone, you completed a feat of salvation, defending billions of living beings. You have no regrets in your heart, having saved all living things; although you were not remembered by the world, you are the greatest unsung hero. 】

【 Facing her, who was waiting for you, you still could not return. What a pity, how painful. 】

【 Simulation ended 】

【 Calculating simulation rewards 】

"Meng Yun, Meng Yun?" Wu Yinyao watched the figure falling from the sky, the joy in her eyes instantly filled with terror. The experience of three lifetimes of Reincarnation made her heart incomparably panicked.

Meng Yun must just be too tired. Slaying the Demon Seed was such a huge matter, how could he not be exhausted? She would go and bring him home right now...

Comforting herself this way, Wu Yinyao turned into a stream of light, rushing straight to the sky, preparing to catch Meng Yun's body. But the unease in her heart made it so she could barely control her own form. No, don't. That outcome, she could not bear...

A speck of starlight quietly drifted away from Meng Yun's body. Then a second. A third. Countless specks, billions of specks. Meng Yun's body was falling, but the dispersing Origin was rising.

"No, no, no!!!" Wu Yinyao cried out in pain, her form accelerating again.

"Brother, brother!!!" Luo Mian also noticed something was wrong, leaning on the Falling Star Spear, and began to run across the ground.

"Squeak... Mas... Master, Master!!" The fox Linglong ran with tears streaming down, speaking human language for the first time. Unfortunately, its master, its humanoid giant, would never have the chance to hear it again.

The starlight ascending across the sky, after reaching a certain limit, began to fall everywhere like raindrops. In the distant Northern Territory, a beautiful meteor shower fell.

Whether it was Wu Yinyao, Luo Mian, or Linglong, under the nourishment of this meteor shower, their affinity with the world increased significantly. Given time, they would all have the chance to reach the Earth Immortal Realm.

A speck of starlight landed on Linglong's head, the warm feeling seemingly taking it back to the time they first met. Back then, Meng Yun would also stroke its head like this, gently feeding it, and patiently treating its wounds.

"Do you want to come with me? There's plenty of roasted meat like this." Linglong, innocent and ignorant, followed him without hesitation. That departure lasted for ten years.

The feeling of being in Meng Yun's warm embrace felt like yesterday. But unknowingly, today was the end. At the time, it only seemed ordinary. Linglong, for the first time, understood the complex emotions of humans. Possessing, and the day of losing.