Chapter 1328: Soul Burning

Chapter 1328: Soul Burning

Lin Nuo carried out an extremely crazy act. He could have easily escaped, but instead, he bound himself to Liang Zhao with a soul chain to ensure the safe retreat of those women, thus gaining energy from the Demon Star.

Although this move allowed Su Kexin and the others to escape, Lin Nuo’s life was now tied to Liang Zhao’s.

If Liang Zhao’s soul blew up, then Lin Nuo would go up in smoke too.

Lin Nuo could have had a world without an opponent, one that he could dominate, but he gave it up.

Yet he didn’t regret it, as he said, this was his self-redemption.

“Self-redemption? I don’t understand what you’re talking about. You can find peace now; this world will no longer have you.”

“So what? I never existed in the first place. Since you can’t kill them and have no suitable body for a new host, you will perish, and the world will return to peace.”

“I don’t seem to have any deep-seated grudge against you. The main reason you want to kill me is that I obstruct your control over this world. But you could have run away just now, and yet you used me to eliminate your hidden dangers.”

Liang Zhao spoke, trying to comprehend Lin Nuo’s thoughts, but clearly, he couldn’t.

This kid has gone mad.

But how could he be content? Even if he had to die, he had to drag Su Kexin down with him.

Once Su Kexin left that magic barrier, with no magic witchcraft binding her, her powers would recover. It would be impossible to kill her then.

An extraordinary opportunity, finally back in the Demon Realm, gaining enlightenment on the magic witchcraft that could counter Su Kexin’s abilities.

And he was just going to let her go?

No way, if he was going to die anyway, he might as well go all out while Su Kexin’s powers were still recovering.

While conversing with Lin Nuo, the Demon Star provided a significant amount of energy to Liang Zhao; he had to make his final move.

Self-detonation, primarily to blow up the Demon Star.

Of course, once that exploded, he would definitely turn to dust, with no chance of finding a new host to survive.

Even without the explosion, he had no chance.

So, let’s all die together! The more, the merrier!

“Lin Nuo, since it’s come to this, we’ll have to journey to the Yellow Springs together.”

Liang Zhao spread his arms wide, and a powerful energy surged from his body.

He was preparing to self-detonate, and after the explosion, Lin Nuo would die alongside him.

But Lin Nuo realized that his target wasn’t him but the not-so-far-escapes, Su Kexin and the others.

“You plan to self-detonate and blow up the Demon Star?”

Lin Nuo saw through it; before Liang Zhao could complete his self-detonation, he would end him first.

Of course, if he forced the issue, the explosion might happen sooner than expected.

But now the soul chain connected the two of them; switching strategies, if he ended himself, Liang Zhao would cease to exist too.

Soul burning—Lin Nuo would perform soul burning on himself, essentially sacrificing his own soul but leaving a complete body behind.

“?!”

Liang Zhao was taken aback as he noticed his ghostly self becoming increasingly transparent, as if about to vanish.

The soul chain connected the two, and Liang Zhao was also affected by Lin Nuo’s self-soul burning, his spirit on the verge of destruction.

“Lin Nuo! You’re truly ruthless, even using soul burning on yourself. Before you die, you will endure endless pain!”

“My pain is also your pain, isn’t it?”

Though soul burning felt like a thousand knives stabbing his heart, Lin Nuo maintained a calm demeanor, as if he had seen everything with indifference.

“You?! So close, just so close!”

Liang Zhao was furious. He was about to self-detonate, then blow up the Demon Star, but Lin Nuo’s soul burning had burned his soul to ashes before he could explode. He barely had time to retaliate.

“Ah! Ah!!!”

Soul burning felt agonizingly painful, and Liang Zhao let out a series of wails as his soul was engulfed by a column of purple flames, ultimately consumed completely.

Burnt to nothing, not even a trace remained.

Lin Nuo’s outer layer was also surrounded by a swirl of purple flames, but this was soul burning and wouldn’t harm his body.

Once the ghostly burning was extinguished by the violet flames, the surrounding magic barrier entirely dissipated, the thick magical fog vanished, and the anxious girls outside could finally see Lin Nuo.

They saw Lin Nuo surrounded by purple flames, but his body remained unharmed, almost like a wisp of ethereal fire.

“Look! That’s Senior Martial Brother! What’s that fire? Is it his Spirit Technique?”

“No, that’s soul burning.”

Mu Yiting recognized it at a glance.

“Soul burning? What’s that?” Su Kexin was confused about the concept.

“It’s burning one’s own soul. His body isn’t affected, but his spirit will disappear completely, utterly vanishing from the mortal realm.”

“Disappearing?! No, how could this happen… Senior Martial Brother is omnipotent; how could he…”

Su Kexin couldn’t accept this explanation and rushed towards Lin Nuo, her powers recovering; the invincible force surely could dispel his flames!

The other girls also sprinted toward Lin Nuo. As Lin Nuo felt the immense pain, he would have disappeared alongside Liang Zhao, yet he held on for just a bit longer to take one last glance at them.

Alright, he didn’t belong to this time-space; he had already perished. He was just reliving a few more years.

A life that wasn’t his should finally return, but at least he had completed his redemption.

He let go of past hatreds, his twisted heart back on track, and the lost self found someone worth protecting.

Having come here was enough; it was short, but it was alright.

Lin Nuo’s vision blurred; his soul could no longer sustain him. As Su Kexin and the others drew near, a smile appeared on his face.

He hadn’t smiled much since his rebirth; it seemed this world had nothing worthy of his laughter, or perhaps his smile had vanished with past torments.

He wanted to spread his arms for a hug, but in the end, he just collapsed.

The purple flames faded, but his soul met its end.

He fell to the ground.

“Senior Martial Brother!!!”

“Master!!!”

“Junior Martial Brother!!!”

…

The girls let out terrified cries as they supported the fallen Lin Nuo, but he no longer had a breath left.

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“This is my life?”

Lin Nuo watched a black-and-white scene, which captured his journey—from the Lin family to the Xuanyun Sect, then to fleeing, falling into madness, opposing the world, and ultimately perishing.

Then came fragments of his rebirth, from the Wind Sea Forest to saving Su Kexin and the others, leading to his soul burning out at the end of his second life.

It seemed to document his life but had long become the past; a dead person looking back on their life, preparing for a new cycle.

Next, he should drink the soup of forgetfulness and casually be reincarnated as some random kitten or puppy.

“Your new life; it’s hard to imagine you would reach this point.”

At that moment, a familiar female voice echoed.

“Hmm?”

Lin Nuo turned around and saw Su Kexin.

But she was not his fiancée, but his deadly foe.