246: Ice Phoenix Solo

"Imperial Ultimate Heavenly Stance: Sacred Law Heavenly Punishment."

The moment Shen Lian was sent flying, Song Yanran decisively seized the opportunity, instantly manifesting the White Snake Imperial Sword and striking directly at Yu Xiyan's opening.

"Profound Yellow Ultimate Style: Sun, Moon, Heaven, and Earth Illumination."

Mu Qiuyuan attacked almost at the same time. With the Autumn Illumination starting, she cooperated with Song Yanran's sword stance, completely blocking Yu Xiyan's retreat.

However... Clang—

A crisp, startling sound echoed through the Nine Heavens Universe.

The bright phoenix splendor materialized, blocking the two women's ultimate killing moves with a single sword strike.

"With incomplete cultivation bodies, you dare to trade lives? Your naivety truly makes Us despair."

The sword stance rotated the sword, and cold Dao Rhyme Sword Intent spread and leaked, directly forcing the two women back.

"Dao Law Divine Might!"

Just then, Meng Xingchen took advantage of Yu Xiyan's focus being elsewhere, circled behind her, and struck out with a palm technique using ten-tenths of his power.

"ant, step down!"

As a result, Yu Xiyan didn't even turn her head; she merely released an Aura Pressure around her, instantly sending Meng Xingchen flying, causing him to vanish in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, she started a sword move, converting the power of the sun, moon, and stars, aiming directly at Mu Qiuyuan.

"The next one will be you, you shameless hussy!"

Mu Qiuyuan's ultimate move had just been neutralized, and she lacked sufficient Qi recovery at the moment. She could only watch helplessly as Yu Xiyan's sword stabbed toward her glabella.

Just as she clearly felt the cold chill of death enveloping and consuming her Divine Sense—

"Roar~"

An ultimate Dragon roar sounded.

It was Song Yanran, whose sword transformed into Ancestral Dragon Emperor Qi, disregarding the limits of her own cultivation, who forcefully blocked the move for Mu Qiuyuan.

Boom—

A loud explosion sounded. A trace of pallor appeared on Song Yanran's delicate jade cheek, and a streak of blood appeared on her luscious crimson lips.

"Sister Song!"

Mu Qiuyuan quickly stepped forward, raised her arm to steady Song Yanran's jade waist, and countered with a sword strike.

"Yellow Springs Sword Intent: Starfall!"

This stance, mixed with Yellow Springs Sword Intent, forcefully blocked the incoming bright phoenix splendor, and she used the momentum to help Song Yanran retreat more than ten steps.

Yu Xiyan swept away the Sword Qi, looked coldly at the two women, and parted her crimson lips slightly: "It seems you are both at the end of your tether. Do you have any last words? We will pass them on to Husband for you."

Song Yanran stabilized her emotions and swept the White Snake Imperial Sword.

She lightly wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and took another step forward.

"Yu Xiyan, do you know what the biggest difference between you and us is?"

Yu Xiyan frowned slightly with cold brows: "Even now, you still want to lecture Us? Unfortunately, We are no longer the naive Empress We once were."

Song Yanran shook her head: "The biggest difference between you and us is that your greed and desire do not match your strength."

Hearing this, Yu Xiyan put the Imperial Sword behind her back: "Compared to you, Ziwei Empress, We are actually considered a benevolent ruler of Our generation.

We only want the people of the Yintian Imperial Dynasty to live and work in peace and contentment, and naturally enjoy the grand spectacle of all nations coming to pay tribute. That is all.

But what about you, Empress of the Longhan Heavenly Dynasty? Since your ascension, how much slaughter have you caused?"

"The Xiongnu Empire, the Thirteen Westernized Nations, the Nine Extremes Domain—which of these places wasn't drenched in blood by your slaughter? Can you say this wasn't caused by greed and desire?"

"You say We committed patricide and shamed Our mother, unforgivable sins. But what about you? You personally killed your own father and brother for the imperial throne. You are no more noble than We are."

"But why can your mistakes be forgiven, while We must bear this psychological burden, struggling to hold on for tens of thousands of years? It's too unfair!"

Song Yanran shook her head: "You are wrong. Which of the nations We destroyed did not actively threaten the citizens of the Longhan Heavenly Dynasty? We eliminated them but did not completely wipe them out.

While We committed patricide and fratricide for the imperial throne, it was something We had no choice but to do for self-preservation.

Conversely, look at you. You had clearly secured the imperial throne, and no member of the imperial family threatened your position.

Yet you still committed patricide and shamed your mother, and you even refused to spare your own younger brother who looked up to you as an example.

Do you think you are the same as us? Yu Xiyan, you are naturally selfish and self-serving.

If it weren't for the reversal of time and space allowing Shen Zhao to leave you early, perhaps that kind of tragedy would continue to repeat itself."

A cold aura swept around Yu Xiyan: "Song Yanran, you dare to speak so wildly even facing death. If that is the case, then We have changed Our mind. We will sever all the tendons in your hands and feet."

We will abolish all your cultivation, and then send you to those filthy Evil Cultivators to be made into a Cauldron, letting you experience the taste of being unable to live or die!"

Song Yanran, however, did not change her expression. She merely glanced sideways at Mu Qiuyuan and asked, "Are you ready?"

"Mhm."

Having agreed, the two women suddenly transformed into phantoms, simultaneously flanking Yu Xiyan from the left and right, charging straight toward her vital points.

Yu Xiyan, however, was still as water, completely unconcerned by the two women's methods.

"We know you were stalling for time just now to restore your Primal Energy. Unfortunately, even if your incomplete cultivation bodies restore their Primal Energy, in Our eyes, you are still just ants."

The bright phoenix splendor started, and the move unfolded.

"Phoenix Cry of the Nine Heavens: Snow Flame Rolling Crimson Clouds."

As the Ice Phoenix Primal Energy emerged, ice, snow, and frozen flames burned, instantly covering all the surrounding Spiritual Qi.

Song Yanran and Mu Qiuyuan's surprise attack instantly failed.

But the two women were not surprised in the slightest.

Just as Yu Xiyan's ultimate move was about to be unleashed, a scroll unfolded from Song Yanran's waist.

"Mountain and River State Chart, go."

The next moment, the surrounding scenery abruptly changed, and the three women simultaneously entered the scroll world.

Yu Xiyan frowned coldly, feeling that her own Cultivation Body was actually suppressed by the Power of the Rules within the Mountain and River State Chart by several degrees.

"Sword Nine: Reincarnation!"

With the Mountain and River State Chart's Primal Energy blessing, Mu Qiuyuan decisively unleashed her sword move.

The moment the sword body touched the ground, countless Sword Intent instantly surged out, boundless and endless.

At the same time, Song Yanran, standing in the Void Realm, also utilized the might of the Mountain and River State Chart's Primal Energy, strikingly displaying a surging sword move.

"Sword Ten: Heavenly Burial!"

The sky-filling Sword Intent, fusing Ancestral Dragon Emperor Qi and Yellow Springs Sword Intent, combined with the Reincarnation sword stance to form a brand-new Sword Array, intending to trap Yu Xiyan directly.

"You think you can trap Us, Yu Xiyan, like this?"

However, Yu Xiyan was not afraid in the slightest.

"Your current Foundations, in Our eyes, are nothing but child's play!"

As she spoke, the Jade Linglong on her glabella flashed brilliantly.

The next moment—

"Eleven: Nirvana!"

The same sword stance, but a more magnificent sword move, accompanied by Yu Xiyan's bright phoenix splendor, transformed into surging, tide-like Sword Intent as it was executed.

In an instant, wherever Nirvana passed, all things were annihilated.

The Heaven and Earth Sword Array conceived by Song Yanran and Mu Qiuyuan... Broken!

"Pfft~"

The two women each spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. At the same time, the illusion shattered, and Yu Xiyan stood in the center completely unscathed, gazing down at them with a disdainful posture.

"Damn, we really lag too far behind her now."

Mu Qiuyuan wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, struggling to stand up and smiling as she spoke.

"It's really annoying that she got to show off like that."

Just then, Song Yanran's back blocked her view.

"What are you doing?"

Mu Qiuyuan instinctively felt a sense of unease in her heart, sensing Song Yanran's resolve.

"Tell Husband that I have no regrets being able to spend this life with him. From now on, when I am no longer by his side, I will rely on you sisters to take care of him."

"Sister, what are you doing? Don't act recklessly, I..."

Mu Qiuyuan instinctively wanted to rush forward to stop Song Yanran, but the next moment, she felt a surge of Primal Energy isolate her behind Song Yanran.

"Sister, what are you doing!"

"Qiuyuan, although there have been many disagreements between us, the fact that we can live together for one lifetime and become sisters is a rare destiny.

In the years to come, I entrust Husband to you sisters. I will burn my Life Origin to stop Yu Xiyan for a moment; seize the time to leave here."

"Sister, if we go, we go together!"

"Be obedient, if you still consider me your elder sister."

After saying her last words, Song Yanran stepped toward Yu Xiyan.

"Yu Xiyan, I cannot stop you, but I will not let you harm my sister. Today, I will use my Life Origin as a guide and perish together with you."

Hearing this, Yu Xiyan's expression remained indifferent: "Then let Us appreciate whether the final glory of the Ziwei Empress's life can truly take Us, Yu Xiyan, with her."

As soon as her voice fell, the Power of Origin around Song Yanran began to burn.

"Sister, nooo~"

Mu Qiuyuan desperately pounded the Barrier, trying to stop her, but ultimately, because her Cultivation Body was too severely damaged, she could only watch helplessly as the final moment of Song Yanran's life approached.

Just at this critical moment... "All of you, step back! Her opponent is me!"

A furious roar caused mountains to collapse and the earth to crack, instantly shattering the Life Origin that Song Yanran had painstakingly gathered.