freenovelworld Chapter 853: The Secret of Life and Soul: Fragments of Life
Chapter 853: The Secret of Life and Soul: Fragments of Life
The sky above the Canglan Secret Realm was dyed an eerie crimson purple by the blood-red miasma. Yun Yao knelt beside Chu Mochen, the blood beads clinging to her fingertips transforming into wisps of black mist at the hideous wound on his heart. Corpse poison snaked up his pale neck like tiny black snakes, greedily devouring his life force. Cold sweat covered her forehead. She forcibly activated the Blood Spirit Symbiosis technique, but the spiritual energy within her body seemed to have hit an invisible vortex, pouring back wildly.
"Xiaoyao, don't..." Chu Mochen's breath was barely surging. His bloodstained fingertips tried to touch her cheek, but fell powerlessly. The golden candle dragon pattern in his pupils was dimming, the last trace of his bloodline as the Crown Prince of the candle dragon.
Just as Yun Yao gritted her teeth, preparing to pour more spiritual energy into her, a sinister laugh suddenly pierced the air. A black-robed figure emerged from the bloody mist. Beneath his tattered bamboo hat, half his face was covered in corpse spots, but a strange smile played on his lips. "The Void Spirit Body truly lives up to its reputation. Even the Blood Spirit Symbiosis Technique can forcibly reverse life and death. However..." He raised the Soul Jade Slip in his hand, and the densely inscribed birth chart on its surface suddenly lit up with a glaring red light. "Do you think this can save him?"
Yun Yao whipped her head around, her consciousness piercing the black-robed figure like a sharp sword. When she saw the handwriting on the jade slip, she was struck by lightning—it was her birth date from before she traveled through time, even the exact date of birth in the modern world! "How did you get this?!" Her voice trembled, and her protective spiritual energy surged uncontrollably.
The black-robed figure let out a wild laugh as his body began to turn transparent, transforming into countless blood-red points of light. "A Void Spirit Envoy of the Heavenly Dao Pavilion can't even see through his own life? You personally handed this jade slip to the Pavilion Master..." Before he finished speaking, his figure completely dissipated, leaving only a faint whisper echoing in the secret realm, "The Void Spirit descends upon the world, disrupting the laws of Heaven... Do you really think this is just a prophecy?"
Yun Yao sat there in a daze, her mind buzzing. The System fell into a rare silence, no longer jumping in to explain things as usual. She subconsciously reached for the Void Spirit Jade in her arms. Ever since it appeared in the Fallen Star Canyon, the jade had always emanated a subtle warmth, but now it suddenly became icy cold.
"Xiaoyao..." Chu Mochen's weak call brought her back to reality. He raised his hand with great effort and wiped away the tears that had slipped down her cheek. "Don't risk it for me. My life... should have ended a thousand years ago."
"Shut up!" Yun Yao suddenly exploded, her eyes bloodshot. "You are my Fate Defier, and I am your Void Spirit Envoy. We agreed to defy the will of Heaven together, and now you want to give up halfway?" She ripped open her clothes, and faint lines emerged from the Chaos Dao Foundation on her heart, resonating with the Fate-Defying Power in Chu Mochen's body. "You see, we are two sides of the same coin. Neither of us is allowed to leave first!"
Just as the two were at a stalemate, a distant bell suddenly rang from the depths of the secret realm, as if it came from the ancient past. Yun Yao's sea of consciousness suddenly exploded with a golden light, and countless fragments of memory flooded in like a tide.
She saw herself, dressed in a plain white robe, standing before a pavilion suspended in the clouds. The three gilded characters "Tian Dao Pavilion" gleamed brightly on the plaque. She saw herself solemnly handing the Soul Jade Slip to an old man entwined with chains of laws. She saw herself standing shoulder to shoulder with Chu Mochen (no, back then he was still called Zhu Yin), fighting with the cultivators of the Tian Dao Pavilion amidst a hail of blood. Finally, she saw the old man sneer, and the chains of laws in his hands transformed into countless sharp blades, cleaving her and Zhu Yin's souls into smithereens...
"So that's how it is..." Yun Yao muttered to herself, tears welling up again. She finally understood why the System Lord had been so vague about her life story, and why the stone tablets in the Fallen Star Canyon had oracle bone inscriptions from the modern world. She wasn't some time-traveling princess who'd achieved a resurgence, but rather a pawn orchestrated by the Heavenly Dao Pavilion, her memory wiped and cast into a small world, all for the sole purpose of one day becoming a vessel to repair the Heavenly Dao!
"Xiaoyao, what's wrong with you?" Chu Mochen noticed that something was wrong with her and forced himself to sit up, but he started coughing violently due to his injury.
Yun Yao took a deep breath, forcing herself to suppress her surging emotions. She gently embraced Chu Mochen in her arms, her voice firm yet gentle, "It's okay, I just remembered some past events." She lowered her head and placed a kiss on his forehead. "From today on, we are no longer pawns to be manipulated by the heavens. Chu Mochen, let's rewrite our destiny together, okay?"
Chu Mochen looked at the renewed fighting spirit in her eyes, and a weak but determined smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Okay, let's rewrite our destiny together."
However, at this moment, Yun Yao's system suddenly issued a shrill alarm: "Warning! A large amount of unknown energy fluctuations have been detected. The Tiandao Pavilion's pursuers have reached the outskirts of the Canglan Secret Realm!"
Yun Yao suddenly looked up and saw countless golden rays piercing the sky beyond the blood-red miasma, slowly descending like the Grim Reaper's scythe. She carefully helped Chu Mochen to the stone couch beside her and slowly stood up. Her Chaos Dao Foundation erupted with dazzling light. "You've come just in time! I want to ask the Heavenly Dao Pavilion why they decide my fate!"
She raised her hand and swung it, a stream of chaotic sword energy piercing the air, slashing straight at the nearest streak of golden light. As the golden light shattered, a cold voice echoed through the secret realm: "Ethereal Envoy Yun Yao, you have disobeyed the orders of the Heavenly Dao Pavilion. By order of the Pavilion Master, you are apprehended! If you dare to resist, you will be killed without mercy!"
Yun Yao sneered, and the spiritual energy around her circulated wildly, condensing into a huge chaotic shadow behind her. "Want to catch me? Get past me first!"
A battle concerning the truth of one's life and the struggle against fate had thus begun... Unbeknownst to Yun Yao, deep within the Taixu Immortal Realm, the headquarters of the Tiandao Pavilion, an old man watched the gradually dimming red light on the Soul Jade Slip, a meaningful smile curling his lips. "Is it finally awakening? Void Spirit Envoy... This chess game is about to enter its true climax."