175: A divine eye? A blind man? (Sixty)

This was the God Burial Ruins.

The air was thick with dense Death Qi and resentment.

The earth was a dark red, as if it had been soaked in divine blood for a million years.

In the distance were the skeletal remains of incredibly massive ancient beasts, resembling continuous mountain ranges.

You Chen struggled to stand up.

The wound on his chest, blasted open by the Tyrant Heaven Saint, suddenly burst open again.

Blood instantly stained his clothes red.

His aura was weak, and he only avoided collapsing on the spot by leaning on Qing Yao for support.

“We need to find a place to heal.”

Qing Yao's voice carried a hint of urgency; she could feel the terror of this forbidden land.

However.

Just as she finished speaking.

A slight change occurred in the deathly silent surroundings.

Shadows beneath those giant skeletons began to flow like living things.

They had no fixed form.

At times they took human shape, and at others, they scattered into pools of ink.

They seeped out from the shadows of the bones, silently surrounding the two intruding living beings.

“It's Resentful Soul Malice Spirits.”

Qing Yao's expression became solemn.

These things were ominous beings born from the combination of the undying resentment of the experts who had fallen here and the local Death Qi.

They possessed no reason, only a primal hunger for the flesh and Divine Souls of the living.

Ssh.

The shadow closest to them suddenly accelerated, transforming into a pitch-black spike aimed directly at the back of You Chen's heart.

Qing Yao gave a cold snort.

While supporting You Chen, she struck out with a backhand palm.

Azure divine light erupted, carrying pure life force, instantly evaporating that spike.

But this strike seemed to have poked a hornet's nest.

From all directions, hundreds and thousands of shadows let out silent shrieks, turning into a black tide that surged toward them from every side.

“Run!”

Qing Yao made a split-second decision.

You Chen was heavily injured; staying here to fight it out would only result in them being worn down to death.

She hoisted You Chen up, her form turning into a streak of azure light as she charged toward the depths of the forbidden land.

However, those Resentful Soul Malice Spirits seemed to possess infinite power within this forbidden land.

They followed like shadows, pursuing relentlessly.

And their speed was getting faster and faster.

Qing Yao had to fend off the constant attacks from behind while carrying the heavily injured You Chen, causing her spiritual energy to be consumed rapidly.

“It's no use, we can't shake them off!”

You Chen said through gritted teeth.

His gaze swept toward the deeper parts of the forbidden land.

The Death Qi there was extremely dense, forming a black fog zone.

“Go that way!”

You Chen pointed in that direction.

“The Death Qi is even heavier there, it's their home ground, it's too dangerous!” Qing Yao immediately objected.

“Only the aura there made them show a hint of hesitation.”

You Chen said in a deep voice.

“The most dangerous place might be the only way to survive. Let's gamble!”

Seeing the determination in You Chen's eyes, Qing Yao no longer hesitated.

She changed direction and, carrying You Chen, plunged headlong into that black fog zone that even Divine Thought could not penetrate.

Sure enough.

The moment they rushed into the fog zone.

The endless black tide behind them all stopped at the edge of the fog.

They let out unwilling roars, but in the end, they did not dare to take a single step into this area, eventually retreating slowly.

The two finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But in the next moment, their hearts sank as an ominous premonition arose.

They had stumbled into an even more terrifying and bizarre place.

This was a place where even Resentful Soul Malice Spirits dared not set foot.

A zone where even the Laws manifested in a state of 'decay' and 'finality'.

The two of them simultaneously looked toward the center of this chaotic region.

A fist-sized mass of darkness was constantly 'collapsing' inward.

It did not emit light itself.

Instead, it devoured all surrounding light.

Even when Divine Thought was sent toward it, it would be silently swallowed and vanish without a trace.

It just quietly hovered there.

“What is that...”

You Chen was inwardly shocked.

With his current cultivation base and the power of his Sacred Body, he actually could not see through the essence of that darkness.

He only knew that the level of that thing far exceeded any existence he had ever seen.

The God Realm was as insignificant as dust before it.

This was the source of emperors demise.

It was a wisp of the concept of 'finality' left in the world after the Dao, Laws, spirit, and resentment of a certain supreme existence from ancient times completely collapsed upon their fall.

Its sole purpose for existing was to pull everything around it into the same eternal silence as itself.

Its power touched upon the Emperor Dao Domain.

The moment the two discovered it.

The 'source of emperors demise' also seemed to sense something.

It had no wisdom, no consciousness.

But it had an instinctive hatred and desire to devour the flourishing of 'life'.

Qing Yao's pure and majestic Azure Luan Sacred Body represented the ultimate life force.

In its eyes, she was as conspicuous as a bright moon in the dark night.

Resplendent, dazzling, and an eyesore.

Buzz.

An invisible will of 'finality' instantly swept over.

It locked onto Qing Yao.

Qing Yao's body suddenly stiffened.

She didn't even have time to make any reaction.

She felt her Sacred Body Origin being forcibly 'erased' from the root by an incomprehensible, irresistible power.

Her life force was draining away at high speed.

Her Divine Soul felt as if it were instantly frozen, unable to even form a single thought.

She had never felt death so close.

“Not good!”

You Chen noticed Qing Yao's abnormality immediately.

Within his body, he had fused the 'death' of the Dark Sparrow and the 'life' of the Azure Luan, two opposing forces.

This allowed him to see through the essence of this will of 'finality' more clearly than Qing Yao.

He understood instantly.

This power could not be resisted.

Nor could it be dodged.

Any pure power of 'life' would be forcibly pulled into 'death' before it.

Any pure power of 'death' would be assimilated and returned to 'finality' before it.

The only way to survive.

There was only one.

You Chen's gaze instantly became crazed and resolute.

Within his body, two opposing Origins of 'life' and 'death' existed simultaneously.

A mad decision formed in his mind.

“You Chen, leave quickly...”

Qing Yao turned her head with difficulty; she wanted to warn You Chen to escape.

But before she could finish her words.

You Chen moved.

With a sudden palm strike, he used all his strength to push Qing Yao far away.

That gentle force enveloped Qing Yao, sending her toward the edge of this forbidden land.

While he himself.

Turned around to face that lethal 'source of emperors demise'.

He completely opened up his Sacred Body Origin.

He no longer suppressed the Youque Power within him.

The darkness and devouring power belonging to the You Que Divine Body were pushed to their limit by him at this moment.

Actively, forcibly.

He guided, devoured, and pulled that wisp of 'source of emperors demise' that was enough to obliterate everything into his own body.

He used his own body as a 'sacrifice' for Qing Yao.

All of this happened extremely fast.

Pushed far away, Qing Yao watched this scene in utter horror.

“No... don't!”

Her voice was filled with terror and despair.

In her vision.

The moment the 'source of emperors demise' invaded You Chen's body, an extremely terrifying phenomenon of 'Dao Dissolution' began to appear.

His flesh was not collapsing or shattering.

Rather, at the level of Laws, it was being decomposed, erased, and returned to the most primal nothingness.

The Sacred Body phenomenon behind him, formed by the intertwining of an azure and a dark divine ring, shattered inch by inch, dissipating into specks of light.

His life aura was completely cut off.

You Chen's figure gradually became transparent before Qing Yao's eyes, and finally, completely disappeared.

As if he had never existed in this world... Qing Clan Secret Realm.

On that quiet immortal island.

Jun Yun, who was sitting cross-legged under the ancient pine, had his eyelids twitch suddenly.

He seemed to have sensed something.

He slowly opened his eyes.

Within those Nine-Colored Double Pupils, countless intersecting Karma lines and rivers of Luck were reflected.

Among them, the golden line of Luck belonging to You Chen completely dimmed at this moment.

The seed of the 'Python Sparrow Swallowing Dragon Record' that he had buried deep within You Chen's Luck also lost all connection.

“Dead?”

Jun Yun's heart sank slightly.

“Can a child of destiny really fall so easily...”

His double pupils stared fixedly at that completely extinguished thread representing You Chen's fate.

“If the double pupils cannot see through it, then I will add the Mind's Eye!”

Within that absolute annihilation and nothingness... his Mind's Eye caught a glimpse of... a sign of breaking and then being established.