Even in the boundless mysteries of the Heavenly Phoenix Domain, His presence remains as clear and evident as ever.
Ying Bing felt as if her Yin force within her body was erupting for the first time.
That endless coldness seemed to surge from the depths of her soul, spreading throughout her entire body, leaving her unable to move even a single finger.
It was as if she was in an icy abyss, endlessly falling deeper…
She felt like she had become an observer of herself, helpless to do anything.
“You’ve come.”
Is that voice brought by the wind?
It was exactly the same as what she heard in the underground palace.
Therefore.
The one calling her in the Cloud Dream Palace was not the Cloud Dream Ancestral Deity…
It was Him!
As soon as this thought arose, Ying Bing felt her consciousness plunge into chaos.
Buzz—
Buzz—
It was as if the heart of heaven and earth was beating, the call suddenly becoming deafening, as if it were telling her something.
Those words were not any human language; perhaps… mortals didn’t even have the qualification to understand.
“Does He… want to take away my consciousness?”
“Even if it means mutual destruction…”
Ying Bing maintained her consciousness, not allowing it to disperse. She faced an existence akin to heaven itself, truly like an ant before a mountain.
But she would never allow herself to do nothing.
Time seemed to lose its meaning.
Suddenly, her vision cleared, and she saw the familiar Moon Palace amidst the void, though the woman sitting inside was not her.
Nine Colors Original Phoenix.
Her face was blurry, but that profound, compassionate aura was irreplaceable.
“Do you… want to replace me?”
Ying Bing instinctively reached out, but couldn’t grasp her sword.
“Now I won’t, but maybe in the future… ” The gentle voice was like a gentle stream.
Ying Bing said coldly, “Who are you?”
“My name… my name…”
The gentle woman paused, seemingly lost in memory.
The surrounding empty space seemed to follow her thoughts, violently fluctuating.
After a while, her voice echoed again:
“I am Ying Huang.”
“This is a trace of my consciousness left in the Heavenly Phoenix Domain when I was deducing the future of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.”
Ying Huang’s gaze softened.
Deducing the future of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths using the Heavenly Phoenix Domain?
In her previous life, Ying Bing had controlled half of the Heavenly Phoenix Domain in the City of Divine Beings, only now realizing how this divine object came to be.
Nine Colors Original Phoenix, also known as Ying Huang.
After leading nine immortals to save the world, she worried that the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths might collapse again due to other reasons, so she continuously deduced the future of this world…
What incredible abilities did she possess upon returning from the heavens?
Ying Bing fell silent.
Unless she successfully ascended the path of immortality, this was impossible.
Ying Huang brewed a cup of tea and gently pushed it over:
“You should know about the chess game at Luokeng Mountain.”
“Mm-hm.”
Ying Bing nodded.
“The situation of that chess game reflects my deductions of the future of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, but it’s incomplete.”
“You can see me, which means you have the qualifications to break the deadlock.”
“So, please take the other half of the Heavenly Phoenix Domain.”
The gentle woman, Ying Huang, said seriously.
“…”
Ying Bing quietly pondered, like a jade sculpture in frost.
In her previous life, she only had half of the Heavenly Phoenix Domain, and even that was invincible. To have the complete domain was unimaginable.
But she didn’t know what this ancestor of the Ying family, the savior of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, truly wanted.
Was she an enemy, or a friend?
Or did she have some other intention?
Ying Huang sighed softly:
“I cannot answer your doubts.”
“Then why me? Just because… I am of the Ying bloodline?”
Ying Bing was certain that this was the first time the other party had appeared.
“You and I are the same,” Ying Huang said.
“In what way?”
Ying Huang lowered her eyes, as if she were the center of this world:
“My heart tells me this, but I don’t know the reason.”
“I will take the other half of the Heavenly Phoenix Domain.”
Ying Bing remained silent for a moment, then earnestly said, “But I don’t want to become you, nor anyone else. I… just want to be myself.”
“Otherwise, d*ath would be better.”
Her tone was like ice fragments falling.
Ice Chunk was indeed serious.
“Then you must surpass your future self, surpass yourself.”
The gentle woman, Ying Huang, seemed to smile slightly:
“Learn from me… to live.”
“Be like me… to d*e.”
At that moment, these words surfaced instantly.
All the colors around faded, everything rapidly receded, and the real world descended.
Ying Bing slowly opened her eyes.
She found everything was still the same, with the scent of hotpot rising from below, obscuring the outline of the Qingyuan Sect.
If not for the incomplete Heavenly Phoenix Domain, which now completely belonged to her, it would have been like a dream in the southern capital…
Ying Bing walked to the bronze mirror at her bedside. Her reflection appeared, clear and coldly beautiful, like a celestial being, yet subtly carrying a sickly pallor.
Perhaps the exchange earlier had greatly depleted her consciousness.
“Surpass Him, surpass myself…”
“I will!”
Ying Bing rubbed the head of the big-headed doll at her waist, whispering to herself.
It seemed her thoughts were sensed.
The system’s text reappeared:
[Host, shall we start a new round of rankings…]
Its words were cut off.
Yes.
[If the host was always this enthusiastic…]
[Starting this round of rankings for the peerless geniuses…]
[The ranking range is: Imperial Capital.]
[The punishment for losing this time is: planting forty-nine strawberries for the winner.]
“Imperial Capital…”
Ying Bing had expected this, but she still fell into deep thought.
By the calendar, the next announcement of rankings would coincide with the gathering of the hidden dragons in the Imperial Capital.
To become the top, she needed to stand out among all the geniuses from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
And during this process, she couldn’t have any worries.
“Perhaps there are other ways to prevent the awakening of other consciousnesses within me…”
“I’ll ask Qin Yuzhi later.”
…
After dinner, Li Mo returned to his room.
Now wasn’t the time for cultivation; it was…
the lottery segment!
Little Li rubbed his hands, feeling a bit excited.
When they left Luokeng Mountain, another wave of investment feedback sounds rang out, coming from various forces and martial artists who had escaped.
Of course!
Including Ice Chunk’s!
“Following the old rules, starting with the ordinary ones.”
Li Mo took his investment feedback with a sense of ceremony.
…
PS: This long section really exhausted Little Puliu. All the things he wanted to express are here, some subtly, but overall, he is satisfied. He deeply understands…
Hmm, Little Puliu actually prefers writing sweet scenes.
Creating foreshadowing is really tiring. It’s better to integrate it into daily life.
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