Wuqiong Bi collapsed in the puddles on the ground.
Her Daoist robe had been burned to shreds, her face pale, her entire body drenched. She looked extremely wretched.
Yet she could not care about these things, only desperately yelling.
She knew that her husband had used the little red flower to save her life, assuredly paying an enormous price.
The current situation was already very clear. The person the Tianhai Divine Empress wanted to kill had never been her, but … him.
Bie Yanghong heard his wife's words, and he naturally understood the situation even more clearly. The destruction of the little red flower had placed him at his weakest.
But he could not leave, because the Tianhai Divine Empress had already come.
Black Phoenix wings appeared in the darkness like the shadow of death.
Nothing could be faster than her, not Wuqiong Bi's warning or Bie Yanghong's thoughts.
A pure white fist that seemed rather delicate appeared in front of Bie Yanghong.
This fist seemed to contain all the power of the world, enveloping the surroundings.
Bie Yanghong felt that no matter where he went, he could not avoid it, unless he went into the heavens or into the earth.
But the earth was firm and the seal of the Mausoleum of Books prevented even experts of the Divine Domain from flying, so how could he avoid it?
His pinky finger lightly flicked, and the rope that had been tied to the little red flower began to swing.
There seemed to be an invisible rope in the darkness, stretching from the starry sky all the way to the Mausoleum of Books and tying it to his body.
His body began to fly upward in an incomprehensible manner.
Just when his feet left the ground, the pure white fist arrived.
It seemed like he had failed to gain anything, but in truth, this was a crucial moment, because the fist did not land on his face, but on his chest.
At that moment, the rope tied to his pinky finger also swung in front of his chest.
A thunderous boom exploded through the Mausoleum of Books. Countless cracks appeared on the stone plain and all the water in the canals began to evaporate, transforming into mist.
A clear path appeared in the mist, extending into the dark forest of the Mausoleum of Books.
A clear path also appeared in the dark forest, the ground covered in collapsed trees.
The end of the path extended to the river outside the Mausoleum of Books. A large hole had appeared in the long-dried bottom of the river, within which were several pieces of the imitation Heavenly Tome Monoliths.
Bie Yanghong lay in front of those broken stone monoliths, his chest caved in and his body covered in blood.
Black Phoenix wings scattered the darkness as a pure white fist once more appeared in the night sky, hurtling towards Bie Yanghong. It was clear that it was not prepared to give him a chance to catch his breath.
Wuqiong Bi screamed and madly charged in that direction.
The snowstorm and the meteors were still facing each other at the end of the Divine Path. A hint of harshness appeared on Guan Xingke's plain and unremarkable face.
He had not expected that even with Bie Yanghong's cultivation, he was still no match for a single punch from the Tianhai Divine Empress.
He could not allow the situation to continue developing like this. If the Tianhai Divine Empress really did kill Bie Yanghong in one blow, then he would assuredly be next.
Countless tiny shooting stars suddenly changed directions in the night sky, filling the sky with starlight as they surged toward the river outside the Mausoleum of Books, attacking the Tianhai Divine Empress's back!
A sky full of wind and snow swept forth, instantly leaving behind countless cracks on Guan Xingke's body. These were all wounds inflicted by sword intent.
Between the stars, there seemed to be a connection. This was fate. Between the domains of stars, there were paths, and this was change.
In a few moments, the sky full of shooting stars that enveloped the river and attacked the Tianhai Divine Empress seemed indescribably dense, but in the end, it was not a true sea of stars. Of course, there were still gaps.
No one could find the gaps between those shooting stars in such a short amount of time.
Guan Xingke was very confident in this, so he firmly believed that the Tianhai Divine Empress would have to turn around and receive his full-strength attack.
He had chosen to use his valiant cultivation to forcefully resist Han Qing's snowstorm sword and have the sky full of shooting stars descend in that direction precisely so that Bie Yanghong could preserve a chance of survival.
From every angle, this choice was brave and wise, but in hindsight, it was the greatest mistake he had made in this battle of the Divine Domain.
Because the Tianhai Divine Empress's goal had always been … him.
The Tianhai Divine Empress did not turn around. She continued to fly into the night sky and then vanished.
Two black streams of light suddenly appeared in the sky full of shooting stars. These were Phoenix wings tearing through space to escape.
There were paths between the countless stars in the sky, even fate could be reversed, so how could she not see the gaps between these shooting stars?
An extremely clear and incomparably proud Phoenix cry resounded in front of the Mausoleum of Books.
A true Phoenix cleaved open a path between the stars and arrived in front of Guan Xingke.
This was a Black Phoenix, so massive that it seemed capable of obscuring half the sky.
Guan Xingke gave a fierce roar. How could he still care about the sword intent in the snowstorm? His right palm flipped and pressed towards the night sky.
With this palm strike, countless stars in the night sky brightened. These were all stars that he had seen for countless years by the shores of the Western Sea, all his companions.
Alas, the Black Phoenix unfurled its wings, obscuring his eyes and also obscuring those stars.
The darkness that represented death descended from the sky.
There was a light clap.
The Tianhai Divine Empress's palm fell on Guan Xingke's palm.
Noiselessly.
Guan Xingke's palm was unharmed, but his wrist bone was shattered.
As an expert of the Divine Domain, he had observed the stars for several centuries. His flesh and bones had long ago transformed into jade, their toughness comparable to ordinary divine artifacts.
However, at this moment, it shattered like rotten wood.
Immediately after, Guan Xingke's arm shattered, and then his shoulder shattered as well.
His crystal-like flesh, his jade-like bones, and his star-like blood sputtered in every direction in the night sky.
Guan Xingke's body incessantly grew shorter, incessantly shattered.
A loud bang resounded!
The palm suspended in the darkness finally shattered.
Guan Xingke became a pile of shards on the ground.
The night wind whistled and blew the debris in all directions. It went straight up into the night sky, and no one knew where it went.
In the night sky, the incomparably massive Black Phoenix's figure gradually dispersed.
The Tianhai Divine Empress returned to the peak of the Mausoleum of Books.
She stood at the edge of the Divine Path and slowly held her hands behind her.
She closed her eyes, then opened them, once more gazing at her own world.
She was very calm, as if nothing had ever happened.
Thus, the entire world fell silent.
Just when the Tianhai Divine Empress closed her eyes and opened them, her soul once more traveled tens of thousands of li, arriving by the stream behind Xining Village's old temple.
The branches of the trees were still gently swaying in the night wind.
The blood lotuses on the surface of the stream were still drifting about aimlessly.
The monk was still sitting by the stream, his bare feet still in the water, not yet withdrawn.
"This is Our world. Since you have come, you cannot leave."
The Tianhai Divine Empress looked at him and said, "And We can come as We please, and leave as We please."
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