Chapter 184

Chapter 184: When There’s No Give and Take (Six Updates)

In this battle, Shen Xitang didn’t lift a finger.

She never intervenes when Lu Ye is fighting. If she relied on herself for everything, she’d have ascended to sainthood by now.

This was Lu Ye’s fight; her not participating was meaningless.

“Boom!”

The eighth heavenly tribulation struck down.

Dark golden lightning transformed into two slender beams, sword energy spiraling upwards, fist shadows howling.

Jiang Die exhausted every means to weaken the power of the tribulation.

Primordial Morning Mist was still within her, and she was in constant unbearable pain, good thing it was only a minuscule trace, just barely noticeable.

She could suppress it with secret methods.

If there was too much Primordial Morning Mist, Jiang Die estimated she would lose all combat ability.

Yue Hongling was pretty ruthless, actually feeding Lu Ye Primordial Morning Mist. After experiencing it herself, Jiang Die knew just how painful it was; if a single trace hurt this much, with Yue Hongling’s temperament… Lu Ye must have looked like a fog machine going off when the Primordial Morning Mist erupted!

“Boom!”

The ground caved in.

Two massive circular craters formed.

It was as if a giant meteor smashed into the earth, sending shockwaves across thousands of miles, even disturbing the earth dragons.

This heavenly tribulation,

Lu Ye’s consciousness scanned Jiang Die.

Hmm, she was about to die too.

“System, simulate the Fire Phoenix Divine Ability!”

“Ding, simulating now!”

That’s the system’s job; as long as Lu Ye gives an order, the system will definitely carry it out. Within just ten breaths, the Fire Phoenix Divine Ability was completed.

Vermilion Bird fire, phoenix rebirth.

Now that Lu Ye had the true fire of the Vermilion Bird, learning this Fire Phoenix divine ability felt quite reasonable.

The Nine Tribulations Undying Body was continuously absorbing the tribulation power. To others, Lu Ye had ceased to resemble a human; he looked like a charcoal briquette, curled up and blackened.

That dark golden heavenly tribulation was terrifying.

The ninth tribulation lightning was evidently still gathering, intent on obliterating both of them to manifest its power.

Lu Ye stood up, condensing the Vermilion Bird true fire, transforming it into a Vermilion Bird that flew toward Jiang Die.

At this moment, Jiang Die was in such pain she was nearly going delirious.

Even just a wisp of Primordial Morning Mist was excruciating, and now she was enduring the full brunt of the heavenly tribulation, magnifying the pain exponentially.

Seeing the approaching Vermilion Bird true fire,

Jiang Die’s face grimaced; seriously, at this point… still no end to the battle…

The Vermilion Bird true fire leisurely flew to Jiang Die’s side, yet hadn’t touched her yet.

“Boom!”

The ninth heavenly tribulation struck in an instant.

The dark golden beams pierced through the ground.

It seemed capable of puncturing heaven and earth.

Lu Ye and Jiang Die’s figures were pierced clean through by the dark golden lightning.

Shattered!

Both were annihilated.

“Buzz…”

“Caw…”

At that moment, a humming sound and a bird’s cry echoed simultaneously.

Yin-Yang Devouring Path Gu!

Vermilion Bird!

Without pause, the Vermilion Bird lunged for the mother Gu of the Yin-Yang Devouring Path.

A divine force cascaded down.

The mother Gu raced skyward, still stealing Lu Ye’s Dao.

As long as she escaped to the Third Heaven, she would have a chance to return and grow stronger.

The Vermilion Bird fiercely clamped onto the mother Gu, its blazing true flames igniting.

But there was no way to obliterate the mother Gu in a short time.

The mother Gu forcefully withstood the pressure from the Vermilion Bird’s flames, rapidly ascending under the divine force.

At this moment, the Tree of Enlightenment manifested.

The Seed of Annihilation appeared.

Green light and black light merged into a Taiji form, directly enveloping the mother Gu.

“Ahhh…”

Jiang Die felt her Dao begin to collapse; the power of annihilation specifically countered the Dao, causing her already unclaimed Dao to tremble, shattering into countless specks of light.

The Tree of Enlightenment went wild, greedily consuming.

The mother Gu emitted a sharp shriek.

Her Dao was fracturing, and it was happening rapidly.

Lu Ye’s Dao turned into mottled light, completely absorbed by the Tree of Enlightenment.

The Tree of Enlightenment was reveling!

It reached an ecstatic peak.

So many Daos! So many Daos!

Mom, I’m succeeding!

At this moment, the Vermilion Bird and mother Gu’s figures had reached the boundary between the Second and Third Heavens.

If this continued, Lu Ye would soon enter the Third Heaven along with Jiang Die.

Cannot go!

Finally, Lu Ye regained his composure from the madness.

The battle in the Second Heaven was undoubtedly attracting attention from countless beings in the Third Heaven.

If he went up, he would die.

But if he just left Jiang Die, he felt unsatisfied.

White mist billowed.

Almost half of the Primordial Morning Mist surged towards Jiang Die.

The mother Gu was incredibly hard, existing at a very high status; yet the level of Primordial Morning Mist was high too. Otherwise, even if she were reborn, time’s power wouldn’t have erased her.

This time, Lu Ye forcefully infused one-third of the Primordial Morning Mist into the mother Gu.

“Ahhh…”

The mother Gu’s shrill and piercing scream was so loud it threatened to pierce eardrums, invading into minds.

The Vermilion Bird spread its wings.

The mother Gu instantly soared into the Third Heaven.

With wings flapping, it resisted the force of ascension, fortunately, this force wasn’t targeted at Lu Ye.

The Vermilion Bird morphed into Lu Ye’s form, its aura exhausted, and its complexion pale.

This injury was too severe; he would need a ton of resources to recover from it.

Fortunately, hopefully that would be enough!

This place was already the Azure Void.

Thus, the grand battle ended.

Though Jiang Die wasn’t completely destroyed, her dream of becoming the second Nine Lives Celestial Lord or even a Nine Lives Saint was undoubtedly shattered.

What she had stolen from Lu Ye, had all been returned now.

And Lu Ye even gifted her with an excellent present.

This is what you call “it’s rude not to reciprocate.”

Without her own Dao, Jiang Die would just be waiting in the Third Heaven for him.

It wouldn’t be long before he’d ascend.

Suddenly, Lu Ye felt a gaze focused intently upon him.

This gaze came from an extremely distant place.

From the seams connecting the Nine Heavens.

“Darling… hurry and find me… I miss you so much…”

The voice was melancholic, filled with longing and affection, with a dense persistence.

The previously quiet system suddenly took form, colorful lights appearing, and the stunning Shen Xitang stepped out, hugging the weakened Lu Ye tightly.

“Darling, are you okay?”

???

That melancholic voice abruptly stopped.

The gaze turned fearsome.

“Darling… who is she?”

Each word was as cold as if a blizzard from hell swept through.

Shen Xitang gently supported Lu Ye.

She glanced around, her eyes filled with disdain.

“Who are you? Don’t shout randomly; this is my darling! He already said, in this life and beyond, he will only love me. Do you understand?”

“Only love me!”