Chapter 366

Chapter 366: Montage

Obsession…

An Li stared at the identical form of Obsession, her brow furrowing.

The power of the Heavenly Dao is truly terrifying!

Even the Reincarnation Celestial Lord’s obsession could be replicated and brought here.

This clearly shows that the Heavenly Dao really went all out to perform a time rewind.

Otherwise, Lu Ye wouldn’t have returned with the eight poisons on him.

It was clear that the Heavenly Dao was simply too weak to handle those poisons anymore.

The poison she had unleashed hadn’t even erupted yet.

That’s because the poison she found was of a higher tier, so a later explosion is perfectly normal.

An Li pondered, wandering within the realm of Obsession.

Obsessions were filled with immense pain—sharp howls of anguish, frantic apologies, and a barrage of negative voices flooded An Li’s ears.

Yet An Li felt strangely comfortable.

This was it.

It’s much better for everyone to be in pain than for her to suffer alone.

It felt like she’d found a good spot.

After experiencing the horrors of others more tragic than her own, An Li left with a sense of satisfaction.

She hadn’t noticed the Vermilion Bird.

There were just too many obsessions; the Vermilion Bird was merely one of the less conspicuous presences.

However, the Vermilion Bird had noticed An Li.

She was the only one down at the bottom of this reincarnation who wasn’t an obsession.

“Husband, I was wrong! I truly realized my mistake!”

“Husband, I’m sorry, please forgive me!”

“Husband, what can I do to be forgiven…”

“Husband, I think I saw An Li! It’s her! It’s her who tricked us into laying hands on you! If I help you kill her, will you forgive me…”

“Husband…”

An Li convinced herself she had found a great place.

Each time she faced indifference, hostility, or isolation, she would come to the realm of Obsession to alleviate her own feelings by witnessing others’ suffering.

“Husband, why treat me this way?”

“Husband, I just wanted them to live, why do you treat me like this?”

“Husband, I’m in so much pain!”

“Husband…”

An Li faintly heard such voices, raising an eyebrow at yet another heartbroken soul.

Her gaze involuntarily shifted over.

To her surprise, it was… the Vermilion Bird!

An Li’s eyes widened.

She really had no idea the Vermilion Bird had turned into an obsession. After her rebirth, she immediately sought out the Darkness Origin.

But the Darkness Origin isn’t the kind of thing you can just find at will.

By the time she established contact with the Darkness Origin, Lu Ye was busy hunting Jiang Die.

At that time, Jiang Die had no way out.

Otherwise, An Li would’ve definitely intervened to rescue her.

The Vermilion Bird had fallen even earlier; she had no clue what had happened to her.

The Vermilion Bird had transformed into an obsession?

An Li shook her head, feeling a pang of pain. She began attempting to communicate with the Darkness Origin.

Soon, the Darkness Origin responded.

“What’s up?”

“Did Bai Qiulan save her?” An Li asked.

“No, she died horribly, publicly executed in front of everyone in the Nine Heavens,” the Darkness Origin sighed.

“Now I’ve run into another woman.”

The Darkness Origin looked over.

“The Vermilion Bird?”

The Darkness Origin was taken aback, noting how tragically she had died to become an obsession. How did that even happen?

“Can you figure out how the Vermilion Bird became an obsession?”

The Darkness Origin hesitated.

“The Vermilion Bird must have died at Lu Ye’s hands. In places where Lu Ye is, the Heavenly Dao is too, and it won’t let anything slide.”

“But I can quickly simulate a scenario, find some clips about the Vermilion Bird before the Heavenly Dao can react.”

An Li’s eyes shimmered with hope.

This seems doable.

“Go for it! If the Vermilion Bird is on our side, we can use her to sway the Four Spirits of Heaven. If the Four Spirits of Heaven stand with us, the benefits for us would be monumental.”

Before An Li.

A surge of black light erupted, forming a screen.

This was a new technique the Darkness Origin had learned. Unlike the System’s method of forming screens without any energy expenditure, this way genuinely consumed its power.

The Heavenly Dao operates within rules.

The Darkness Origin is forcefully intervening with those rules.

It might seem like the Darkness Origin has more capability than the Heavenly Dao, but in reality, the Heavenly Dao has been continuously improving while following the rules, while using this method, the Darkness Origin not only stops improving but might even experience a faint decline.

Of course, the Darkness Origin wasn’t bothered by such a tiny setback.

It embodies darkness itself; how could it curb its desires over some insignificant reduction?

“Ding! The Darkness Origin is looking for trouble!”

The System suddenly chimed in.

Lu Ye, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, snapped them open.

“What trouble?”

“Ding! Hey, it turns out it’s investigating what you’re doing at the Genius Ancient Battlefield!”

“Stop it!”

Lu Ye began to think quickly. What was the Genius Ancient Battlefield all about?

The Darkness Origin seemed to have fixated on his eight ex-wives.

Lu Ye felt as if the Darkness Origin was a bit insane; it seemed to think sending an Imperishable Realm assassin to kill him was somehow better than fixating on his ex-wives?

Or was it that his reputation as a nice guy with women had dug in too deep?

Genius Ancient Battlefield…

Shadows continuously flickered in his mind.

Finally, it settled on the image of the Vermilion Bird.

It was the Vermilion Bird!

The Vermilion Bird’s soul had already been crushed into an obsession.

So now the Darkness Origin was down in the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

In other words, An Li was also in the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

The Reincarnation Celestial Lord wouldn’t intervene in the Darkness Origin’s matters, or to be more precise, wouldn’t intervene in anyone’s matters.

An Li going to the Six Paths of Reincarnation definitely wasn’t about calling for help.

So the chain of events became clear.

The rebellion of the Devouring Dao Beast directly shackled An Li’s avatar, which housed a piece of An Li’s soul.

Without the soul being able to dissipate, the Heavenly Dao, through this avatar, could continuously strike at the Darkness Origin.

Thus, the Darkness Origin destroyed An Li’s soul, only then could An Li’s avatar truly dissipate.

Souls can be destroyed.

But True Spirits can be left behind.

Although only the Xumi Realm at the Sixth Heaven can truly involve the existence of True Spirits, it’s not much of a problem for the Darkness Origin.

To let An Li’s True Spirit reform into a soul.

An Li was sent to the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

So now she saw the Vermilion Bird’s obsession.

The Vermilion Bird’s obsession kept begging for mercy, desperately apologizing, which, in theory, holds no value.

After all, the Vermilion Bird could already be considered part of Lu Ye’s camp.

But here’s the kicker.

If the Vermilion Bird had no value, why would the Darkness Origin put in such effort to investigate the past?

There’s only one truth!

That is, the Vermilion Bird had value now.

“System, get involved and block out any scenes where the Vermilion Bird recognizes her mistake or learns the truth!”

“Let’s give her a montage mix instead!”