Zhiwei watched expressionlessly as the small white fox covered its chest with a paw, letting out a sigh of relief.
Of course, she understood fox language.
Zhiwei had always wanted to ease her master’s worries. Ever since she discovered the origins of this extraordinary little fox, she secretly took the time to learn fox language, aiming to uncover the secrets the little fox was hiding.
Fortunately, she was gifted, with extraordinary comprehension. Even the obscure and complex fox language was mastered by her to perfection.
"Senior sister, will Master... be in danger?" Jin’er tugged anxiously at Zhiwei’s sleeve, her small face filled with worry.
"Naturally, yes."
Zhiwei’s expression grew slightly solemn,
"The laws of heaven and earth have their fixed numbers. Forcefully reversing causality, at best, will incur Heavenly Dao’s counterattack, at worst... will be swept into the turbulence of time-space, erased from history, vanishing into ashes."
Upon hearing the words "vanishing into ashes," Qing Jun, who was still sulking, turned pale instantly.
"No! Qing Jun won’t allow Master to vanish into ashes!"
"Even if it’s Heavenly Dao, it won’t be allowed to bully Master! That ugly girl can’t protect Master, Qing Jun will protect!"
The little girl clenched her fists, even the dragon horns on her head couldn’t help but emerge.
She, Xu Qingjun, was truly furious!
The space in front of them experienced violent fluctuations again.
In the image, a sinister Fake Pill hybrid suddenly appeared, blocking their path.
"Master’s in trouble!" Jin’er exclaimed.
"Damn it!"
Zhiwei gripped the Canchen Sword tightly, her eyes flashing with cold light,
"Master is trapped in that chaotic past. We’re in the 2nd Layer, we can only see projections, completely unable to touch him."
"Then what shall we do?" Jin’er was on the verge of tears in urgency.
Zhiwei raised her head, her gaze passing over this watery moon mirror and looking towards the bottom of the Celestial Abyss—the broken boundary of the Third-Layer.
"The convergence of the two worlds becomes clearer the closer one gets to the depths."
Zhiwei, logically and calmly analyzed,
"The source of the Celestial Abyss explosion is at the very bottom. There, is the true core of the collision between the present and the past! As long as we reach the bottom of the Third-Layer abyss, perhaps we can find the rift in time-space and truly touch Master!"
"Then let’s go to the very bottom!"
Qing Jun grabbed the broken wooden bowl and rushed towards the Third-Layer broken boundary first.
...
Down this rugged blood path,
The sight before them stunned Bai Li where he stood.
Here was the First-Layer broken boundary of the Celestial Abyss.
Here, the gravity was inversely chaotic, mountains suspended, underground rivers flowed in reverse.
Chen Ye’s steps suddenly halted.
Embedded on a floating black stone not far ahead was a figure resembling a torn sack.
Half of the man’s body was smashed, his bones completely shattered, his aura weakened to the extreme, and he had already fallen unconscious.
It was Tuoba You!
"What happened to him?"
Chen Ye was shocked, originally the two had agreed that Tuoba You would wait for him on the First-Layer of the Celestial Abyss.
But now, he was lying there like a dead dog.
Just as Chen Ye was pondering, a chilling roar erupted from the broken mountain suspended overhead.
"Roar——!!"
A massive shadow cloaked in the terrifying pressure of the Fake Pill realm burst through the blood-red ice fog, crashing down like a meteor onto the clearing before them.
The violent evil qi crushed the ground’s rocks into powder!
This was a monstrous hybrid covered in pitch-black scales, its abdomen sprouting dozens of fleshy tendrils.
Fragments of Tuoba You’s clothing were still caught in the gaps of its scales, its blood-red eyes fixated on the three who had just entered.
This was the Fake Pill hybrid that had relentlessly hunted Chen Ye in the outside world!
It had followed Chen Ye and the others, entering this world of twenty-three years ago!
"Fake Pill realm?!"
Bai Li’s face changed, he pushed Little Susu towards Chen Ye,
"Take Susu and retreat!"
Before his words finished, Bai Li had already stepped forward, his entire body erupting with Sword Intent.
That ordinary-looking long sword exploded with a golden light dozens of feet long, slashing down at the hybrid against the chaotic gravity of the First-Layer broken boundary.
"Clang——!"
Sparks flew everywhere, the Sword Qi capable of splitting mountains left only a white mark on the hybrid’s pitch-black scales!
The hybrid let out a low roar, dozens of fleshy tendrils from its abdomen shot out.
The silver light entwined around these tendrils emitted a sizzling corrosive sound as soon as it touched Bai Li’s protective Sword Qi, dissolving it!
"Power of Breaking?? Wait, it’s not just at the Fake Pill stage... it’s breaking through!"
Bai Li’s eyes were heavy with concern, disregarding discretion, he unleashed his full Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivation!
Chen Ye watched clearly from the rear, furrowing his brow:
"Something’s off, after the explosion of Celestial Abyss, the aura of this demonic creature has vastly intensified, just a step away from the true Golden Core stage."
Unlike the Human Race cultivators,
Demonic creatures may have the Fake Pill stage, but it’s merely a categorization of their power, and their cultivation methods are vastly different from humans, hence even a Fake Pill demonic creature can ascend to Golden Core!
"We must swiftly defeat it!"
Chen Ye’s gaze steadied, and the Heart Slaughter Sword within his Divine Soul solidified once again. With the infusion of Divine Sense, it transformed into a dim, dark light.
"Slash!"
Chen Ye’s fingers formed a sword, his voice like spring thunder. The dark light ignored physical defenses, piercing straight into the demonic creature’s sea of consciousness!
"Sizzle——"
The monster’s massive body stiffened, thick black blood flowed from its scarlet eyes as it let out a piercing shriek.
Its body could continuously adapt to the Sword Qi of Human Race cultivators, but its sea of consciousness could never guard against Chen Ye’s Divine Soul attack!
"Good!"
Bai Li praised, seizing the opportunity, he coldly shouted,
"Myriad Phenomena Sword Technique, Senluo!"
The longsword in his hand was dyed a dazzling pure gold color, like a blazing sun plummeting into the abyss.
With one swing, the sky above was filled with myriad phenomena!
The sky-wide suspended blood-colored ice mist was swept away, transforming into a vast and magnificent sword qi ocean.
That pure golden sword qi evolved in mid-air, manifesting countless weapons.
Gold dominates slaughter, nothing is beyond destruction!
"Boom boom boom boom——!!!"
The deafening explosions reverberated continuously, the entire First-Layer boundary trembled under this terrifying sword might.
The demonic creature’s vaunted physical body also met a devastating blow.
No matter how it spawned new gray-white shells, the ever-changing golden sword qi would find a flaw, shattering it layer by layer like glass!
"Roar——!!"
Purple-black pus gushed out like a fountain.
This terrifying demonic creature, just a step away from the Golden Core stage, was forcibly slashed away with nearly half of its body!
Countless flesh-tendons were churned into minced meat, and a colossal wound deep enough to see bone still bore the pure golden sword qi that continuously eroded its flesh and blood.
Standing at the rear, Chen Ye watched in secret awe.
"Is this the true power of my father-in-law? What terrifying slaughter power! The demonic creature’s body far surpasses that of a Human Race cultivator, combined with its extraordinary talent, comparable to Body Cultivators of the Golden Core stage..."
"Father-in-law is probably just a step away from Golden Core. This sword already has the might of Golden Core!"
Chen Ye questioned himself, if he were to face this Myriad Phenomena Sword Technique, even if he used all his options, he could only temporarily avoid it.
But the demonic creature has already half-stepped into Golden Core, and its resilience is terrifyingly tenacious.
"Roar!"
The agony and imminent crisis ignited the savagery of the monster.
Its shattered body swelled violently, and from its severed abdomen surged hundreds of tendrils emanating a dense silver light with the power of breaking once again!
This time, the tendrils did not flail aimlessly, instead rapidly weaving a flesh-web that covered the sky, lunging straight at Little Susu!
This cunning beast!
It intends to outflank the main force and force my father-in-law to expose a flaw!
"Brother Bai, don’t retreat! Leave it to me!"
Chen Ye shouted urgently, his inner vitality burning, the Jade Treasure Sword emitted a clear ringing, transforming into a sword rainbow cutting across the sky, slashing towards the overwhelming flesh-web.
"Ningyuan!"
But the deadly backlash of the Fake Pill demonic creature was terrifying, the layers of tendrils, the Jade Treasure Sword sliced through dozens, yet hundreds of even thicker tendrils emerged from blind angles.
"How dastardly..."
Little Susu stood up straight unknowingly, sword light gathering in her palm.
For some reason,
Her little face flushed red, seemingly very... bashful.
So petty, so petty!
Chen Ye actually returned from the future as well, but he kept it hidden, watching me pretend to be a little girl to act cute!
Originally, I could have continued the act, since Chen Ye hadn’t noticed...
But now, I can’t act any longer!