"It's here." Yan Zhaoge closed his eyes. After sensing for a moment, he made his judgment.
Blue-black devilish flames flickered within Feng Yunsheng's eyes, "This doesn't seem to be a completely sealed dimensional space."
Yan Zhaoge nodded, "The first time the Bright Connection Emperor entered this place by mistake, she was trapped for hundreds of years. After that, she opened the door and left. After that, the spatial boundaries here underwent some changes. Now, it's somewhat connected to all directions."
"If one enters from different places, they might end up in different places within this dimensional space."
As they spoke, the two continued moving forward.
In the world in front of them, layers of water screens intertwined, turning this place into a labyrinth.
Coming into contact with the water curtain or trying to pass through it, one might be able to leave this foreign space and be teleported to another place.
After a while, Yan Zhaoge and Feng Yunsheng walked past the corner where two layers of water screens intertwined. When they turned their heads, their eyes lit up.
There was a tall Canghua Divine Tree standing there!
Although it wasn't as tall as the divine tree transformed by the Exalted Wood Luminary – Shao Junhuang, it was still a towering tree.
Yan Zhaoge and Feng Yunsheng let out a sigh as they looked at the tall spirit tree flickering with jade-green luster.
At this point, there was no longer any room for luck. The Bright Connection Emperor, Hu Yuexin, had fallen here.
One of the unique characteristics of her lineage was that if an Immortal expert perished, their remains would transform into the Canghua Divine Tree.
The towering divine tree overlapped with a water curtain, and it seemed to be immersed in the water curtain.
Its entire body seemed to be standing between two different spaces. However, it wasn't torn apart. It was extremely mysterious.
However, one could tell that it was currently in a weak balance. If one was careless, the balance would be broken, causing the space to distort. The tall divine tree might even be split into two.
Yan Zhaoge and Feng Yunsheng arrived in front of the tree and felt the aura of a living being. The branches and leaves on the tree swayed without any wind.
"Hmm?" Yan Zhaoge frowned slightly. He extended his finger and tapped on the tree trunk, "Please forgive me for my rudeness, Bright Connection Emperor."
Along with his touch, radiance suddenly burst forth from the tree trunk.
As the lights and shadows intertwined, a projection of a person gradually appeared in the void.
After the projection stabilized, a woman's silhouette appeared.
The woman looked to be in her thirties. She wore a white dress and was sitting cross-legged.
Although she had a pretty face, she wasn't peerless. She wasn't as pretty as the Exalted Wood Luminary, Shao Junhuang, or Yan Zhaoge's mother, Xue Chuqing.
Both Yan Zhaoge and Feng Yunsheng were familiar with her. They had seen her image before. They knew that this woman in white was Shao Junhuang's disciple, the "Grand Master" that Xue Chuqing mentioned.
The Bright Connection Emperor, Hu Yuexin.
It was just that while the Hu Yuexin in the image that Yan Zhaoge and Yan Zhaoge had seen could not be said to be peerlessly beautiful, her temperament was lofty and her unique charm surpassed that of countless women in the mortal realm.
At this moment, in the reflection of the Canghua Tree, Hu Yuexin's face was gloomy and her skin was extremely pale.
Many years had passed, but through this image of light, Yan Zhaoge and Ye Zichen seemed to be able to feel her weakness.
This seemed to be the last scene of her life.
His injuries were difficult to recover from. Even though he used the Heavenly River Tributary to shake off his pursuers and hide here, it was already too late to save the situation. He was on the verge of death.
Hu Yuexin, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, let out a long breath.
That aura wasn't colorless. Instead, it was a mixture of gray and blood red.
As soon as she let out this breath, her originally pale cheeks became a bit rosier.
Unfortunately, that wasn't the sign of her injuries recovering.
On the contrary, it was the final radiance of her life.
In the image, Hu Yuexin's eyes were lifeless, and her expression was gloomy. Her tensed body gradually relaxed, and her straight back gradually slumped.
Her eyeballs moved as if they had regained their focus. However, they gradually became blurry and were covered by tears.
"Patter, patter …"
Tears dripped down from her eyes. Her eyes were filled with panic and weakness.
The current Hu Yuexin was very different from everyone's impression of her in the past.
"I … don't want to die … don't die … don't …"
Within the void, weak sobs resounded. They were filled with the fear of death and the desire to survive.
Later on, the voice coming from the image was filled with regret and dejection.
She regretted that her life had passed away just like that. She regretted that she had sacrificed her life for a Heavenly Essence Stone fragment. She regretted that she was addicted to the illusory idea of reviving orthodox Daoism.
Later on, the regret gradually turned into hatred.
She hated that she had sacrificed so much, yet she was chased away by her fellow daoists of the World beyond Worlds. She was alone and hunted by others. She died alone in a place like this without anyone knowing about it!
She hated her own stupidity. For an illusory ideal, she had wasted her youth and exhausted her entire life's experience. It wasn't worth it. It wasn't wise at all!
She hated her master, Shao Junhuang, who had tricked her into walking on this path! She was extremely stupid. Not only did she ruin her own life, she also ruined Hu Yuexin's life!
She was filled with endless remorse. She hated herself for sacrificing her own life for the sake of others.
Curses, curses …
Unimaginably vicious words came out from Hu Yuexin's mouth. She targeted Shao Junhuang, the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor, Gao Han, Ling Qing, and even Yin Tianxia who were originally like-minded. She targeted everyone else.
The curses went from high-pitched to low-pitched. In the end, they turned into sobbing and crying.
Everything that was revealed was actually because of her fear of death and regret towards her own life.
The sobbing became weaker and weaker. The white silhouette became weaker and weaker as well. Slowly, it collapsed onto the ground. Only despair remained …
Yan Zhaoge and Feng Yunsheng looked at everything expressionlessly.
"Someone once said that one could only see the truest secrets within his heart before his death. Only then would one know what kind of person he was."
Yan Zhaoge's voice resounded within the space, "I agree with this point of view."
"Especially when one couldn't die quickly despite knowing that death was inevitable. Instead, one could only helplessly wait for death to descend upon them. That would be the most torturous moment." Yan Zhaoge's face was expressionless. He passed through the tree trunk and arrived in front of the water screen, "Although the situation was unbearable, and although it was unexpected and disappointing, it's understandable if the Bright Connection Emperor had feelings of regret before her death."
"However …"
Yan Zhaoge raised his palm and pressed on the water screen. The water screen instantly trembled.
The scene projected by the Ancient Splendid Tree was suddenly interrupted.
"I want to see the true scene before the Bright Connection Emperor's death. I don't want to see something created by some bastard."
Yan Zhaoge stared coldly at the water screen that caved in and transformed into a spatial hole.
On the other side of the spatial hole, a person's silhouette appeared. He said lazily, "Oh, you saw through it?"
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