Compared to Yan Dao Zhen Jun’s powerful strength, the connection Jin Xiu built was fragile like a single strand of hair.

And with a hair strand as a suspension bridge, a mountain peak sliding on it was indeed in danger of breaking at any time.

Even for Xie Ai, maintaining the channel while descending power cost a great deal. It wasn’t like Ji Xing Kong or Xuan Nan Gong who did it with ease.

If not for the crucial meaning of the Three Lives Lan Yin Flower, she absolutely wouldn’t have done so!

At this moment, she was in the collapsing space, looking brokenly at Chai, seemingly wanting to say something, but in the end, she didn’t open her mouth.

An entire piece of space was like four square glass. Amidst it were five colors and ten lights, all fragments of rules.

Xie Ai, born with a fragile appearance, was indeed shattered. Snow returned to the sky, cold returned to winter.

Push the people of the present world back to the present world.

And the rusty iron sword Chai was holding was carrying the Three Lives Lan Yin Flower. One sword killed a person and picked the flower, repelling Yan Dao Zhen Jun while the flower remained unharmed!

“Chai” raised the rusty iron sword horizontally, tilted his head slightly, and looked towards the countless fine ice crystals still drifting in the cloud sea. The nine statues manipulated by Xuan Nan Gong, which were flying over, all suddenly stopped in mid-air.

He had no heart, and no power to contend with Chai!

“Great Ancestor!”

At this time, Zhu Xian, dragging her injured and tired body, flew up from the cloud sea, looked at Chai and said: “For the death of my family’s Zhu Lan Ruo, do you have an explanation?”

Chai of course cared about the demon race; he wasn’t that kind of absolutely cold character.

Otherwise, when Ling Xi Hua blocked his way earlier, he wouldn’t have just been flung away with one sword—perhaps this was also why Zhu Xian dared to question him.

To such a question, “Chai” only held the sword horizontally in front, reached out to pick that dream-like illusory Three Lives Lan Yin Flower, and then said: “What explanation do you want?”

Having been almost crushed to death by Hu Tai Sui earlier, she had barely escaped with her life, yet she still dared to stand in front of Chai. One had to say, a true demon’s courage was indeed extraordinary.

Zhu Xian sadly said: “Lan Ruo is my Zhu family’s heavenly pride, the dazzling ‘Shang Yuan Ming Zhu’, deeply loved by our family’s old ancestor, and also the most precious thing in my heart. She has unfortunately died here now. The remnants of this Lan Yin Xu Guo, I originally wanted to collect so that the old ancestor could have a memento…”

“Chai” didn’t look at her, only gazing at the Three Lives Lan Yin Flower in his hand, and slowly said: “In the year Ying Yun Nian and I contended for this flower, we each divided it in half. I snatched the half of now, and the whole of the future. Everything now is for the completion of this flower.”

“Lan Yin Xu Guo?” He turned his head: “What relation does it have to you all? Do you think this legend in legends, myth in myths, is so easy to birth? It was I who threw it into the river of fate, and it fell upon the destined body. Your family’s Zhu Lan Ruo was lucky enough to accompany it for only a segment of the road.”

The divine ability of Lan Yin Xu Guo actually came from the Three Lives Lan Yin Flower! This was truly hard to imagine, truly legendary means!

Zhu Xian at this moment was without a sword, her breath very weak, only lamentably said: “My family’s Lan Ruo, in heart, nature, scheming, and talent, were all top-notch! Even without the Lan Yin Xu Guo, she could become a well-deserved heavenly list demon king, become an admired strong one, become the leader who takes over my Zhu family’s banner, become a pillar of my demon race!”

She didn’t dare to directly accuse, saying that Zhu Lan Ruo’s death was related to Chai. But in the words between the lines, the meaning was already very obvious.

Chai should be responsible for Zhu Lan Ruo’s death, Chai should compensate the Zhu family!

The Zhu family had raised Zhu Lan Ruo for so many years; they shouldn’t have merely raised a flower pot, only for it to shatter at the time of the flower’s bloom!

Chai’s expression was playful: “You think she died here because I let her die?” “You are wrong.”

“You, or rather, the one behind you telling you all this, Zhu Yi, underestimate me, Chai, too much!” “My life’s actions, why would I need to step on juniors as stairs?”

“Whether Zhu Lan Ruo lives or dies will not affect the blooming of the Three Lives Lan Yin Flower. Her divine ability flower will always bloom together with this flower, because the two were originally one body.”

Having said this, “Chai” suddenly swept his long sword. This sword was not sharp at all, just like sweeping a courtyard, natural and free.

But the dense forest on the mountainside that had earlier tested the young demon races,

immediately fell down, leaving behind rows of neat tree stumps.

“My one sword cuts down the forest, not all are pillar materials! Truly capable of supporting a grand house, how many are there? Now destroyed in one go, time and fate!”

“Chai” said: “Zhu Lan Ruo indeed deserves the name of heavenly pride, but she met opponents more heavenly pride than her, breaking her edge here; this is also her fate!”

Zhu Xian bit her teeth: “But, if without the Lan Yin Xu Guo…”

“No buts.” Chai looked towards her impatiently: “Where did this Lan Yin Xu Guo come from? Doesn’t your family’s old ancestor truly know? Go back and tell Zhu Yi, she has already learned quite a lot from it. Don’t be insatiably greedy!”

Zhu Xian was silent for a moment.

Chai’s gaze moved away from Zhu Xian and fell to a distant place.

Jiang Wang and the protector god general, one escaping and one chasing, were already out of the sacred mountain range, out of the sight of Ling Xi Hua and the other demon kings. But of course, they could not escape Chai’s watch.

He saw the protector god general controlled by Xuan Nan Gong, already relying on an understanding of the world surpassing more than one level, intercepting Jiang Wang. With a body in the god descending realm, he had killed Jiang Wang who knows how many times.

He saw that only one tenth of the immortal jade pearl’s green was left, and it was still rapidly fading. At this time, he suddenly thought of something and very calmly asked a sentence: “Who was that person just now?”

Among the crowd of statues maintaining the god king’s body, Xuan Nan Gong was attached to one and opened his mouth to say: “It is the newly promoted true monarch of the human race’s Snow Country, numbered as Winter Emperor, named Xie Ai. It is said to be the reincarnation of Frost Immortal Monarch Xu Qiu Ci, the successor of the Winter Immortal Palace two thousand years ago.”

Saying this intelligence, Xuan Nan Gong himself was a bit startled. Since Xie Ai was a newly promoted true monarch, how did she recognize Chai?

Even if Xu Qiu Ci… the Frost Immortal Monarch Xu Qiu Ci who was famous two thousand years ago and also died two thousand years ago, how did she recognize Chai, who had already been in seclusion three thousand more years ago?

The timeline didn’t match!

One must know that even he, the contemporary holder of the Sealing God Platform, did not recognize Chai for the first time.

And this Xie Ai, still recognized the Three Lives Lan Yin Flower, and had even made preparations before Ji Xing Kong. If not for Chai, the great ancestor’s action, perhaps she would have truly picked the flower and left.

Doubts weighed heavily!

After listening to Xuan Nan Gong’s intelligence, Chai scoffed, and then said: “There is no such thing as reincarnation in the world. Entering the origin sea, even consciousness returns to ‘one’. The so-called three lives are past, present, and future. Previous life, this life, next life, are merely lies. If I cannot achieve reincarnation, it is impossible for anyone to do it. Either Xu Qiu Ci never truly died, or Xie Ai is not Xu Qiu Ci. This person has a big problem; Taigu Imperial City must closely monitor her.”

Chai was an existence who had already resigned and gone into seclusion three thousand more years ago, long unheard of, and no longer in power in Taigu Imperial City.

While Xuan Nan Gong was a genuine heavenly demon, an absolute high layer of Taigu Imperial City, and even considered a direct line of the demon emperor because he controlled the Sealing God Platform.

At this moment, he was dividing his mind into thousands, on one hand maintaining the stability of the god king’s body, on the other hand contacting Taigu Imperial City’s Sealing God Platform, trying to decree gods, not wasting this god king’s body, but because the path of the Sealing God Platform had already been used, he had no appropriate method to penetrate the outer heaven’s innocence for a time, and was currently frequently trying various possibilities.

Under the situation of doing these two things,

He still communicated with Chai, provided intelligence, thought about the various aspects of the human race’s Winter Emperor. He could also divide his mind to control the protector god general, killing that human race’s heavenly pride into a wretched state with a body of the same realm…

The strength of a heavenly demon was no empty talk.

But Chai’s casual instruction was so natural, and his subconscious bow of compliance was also very logical.

“Chai”, who was controlling the entire scene, at this time had leisure to observe the body he controlled—originally hammered into a horrible state, after his control, due to the natural evolution of dao principles, it was already rapidly approaching perfection in this realm.

“Come on!” Chai A Si shouted loudly in his heart.

Rumble rumble!

One thought and he sensed the change of heaven and earth.

The world of the divine soul evolved into the Shen Xiao world.

Sacred mountains, mountain paths, mountain platforms, heavenly demon altars… all were there, only those strong ones who could move mountains and fill seas were not seen.

Chai A Si couldn’t distinguish whether this was real or fake, nor did he know where he was. He only saw a majestic man with a crown standing opposite him, looking at him with interest, and asking: “Come what?”

High-level strong ones naturally have high postures.

But the small demon at the foot of the mountain also had the courage to look up at the sky.

Chai A Si held a rusty iron sword in his hand and seriously said: “As for seizing the body or whatever, just come! Although I am not your opponent, I will not make it easy for you!”

He of course had heard of Chai’s name like thunder in his ears.

His grandfather, when alive, also often boasted after drinking wine, saying that his family was a descendant of Chai, with the bloodline of the great ancestor.

Admire was admire, look up was look up.

When this legendary existence suddenly appeared one day, and as soon as he appeared, he controlled his body…

It was hard for anyone to remain calm. Resentment was born from fear.

“Ha ha ha ha!” In this world of the divine soul, Chai laughed to the sky: “Seize the body? Where did you learn this word! Did your ancient god teach you?”

Wrongly believing a human race, worshiping as a great ancient god, devoutly supplying and closely relying… Chai A Si had originally decided to hide this matter in his heart for a lifetime.

But Chai… Chai knew everything.

“Yes!” Chai A Si simply said resentfully: “I have no father, no mother, my grandfather died tragically, no blood relatives, no good friends, no good neighbors. From small to big, eating, wearing clothes, working, seeking life, all were by myself. Except for the ancient god, indeed no one taught me!”

Chai of course could hear his emotion, and didn’t mind his rudeness, much less tell him any grand principles or explain anything, only saying: “Old ancestor, I am born amorous, my bloodline spreads throughout the world. I originally don’t care about any blood descendants. But since we have this segment of fate to travel together, then I must give you something.”

His hands were empty, but he reached out a finger to the sky, picked, and then picked down a wisp of twisted light. Chai A Si felt danger from this wisp of light, but didn’t know what it was. And he didn’t believe Chai much either.

When he was still very easily believed, he gave the biggest trust to that ancient god of unknown origin.

Chai, pinching this wisp of light, leisurely said: “This is the imprint left by the true demon Quan Ying Yang in this body. He died first… a pity.”

With a pinch of his fingers, this light disappeared without a trace.

Chai A Si of course understood why Quan Ying Yang left an imprint on him. He remained silent.

Chai smiled, crooked a finger, and hooked—

From the depths of the cloud sea, a black feather crane rushed to the sky!

But simultaneously, four chains, flying with it, locked its two feet and wing roots!

“This one is my senior.” Chai said lightly: “Heavenly demon Crane Hua Ting… he still counts as knowing shame!”

When the voice fell, the four chains each pulled.

The black feather crane was torn apart on the spot, instantly turning into black smoke and dissipating.

In the Shen Xiao world of that past time segment, Crane Hua Ting had once buried means on Chai A Si, but later did not use them for some reason.

So he got Chai’s evaluation of “knowing shame”.

Chai A Si indeed didn’t think that unknowingly, there were actually so many hidden dangers on himself. He involuntarily looked towards Chai.

Chai shook his head: “That ancient god of yours indeed left, he didn’t lay any backhand either.”

Chai A Si was stunned for a moment.

Chai, however, didn’t care about his mood, only said to himself: “I am already seeking the final perfection, I have already given you complete freedom. But before leaving, I will still leave something for you, lest you resent the old ancestor!”

“Leave what? Precious is not good, it invites disaster by possessing treasures. Cheap is not good, it insults my reputation.”

“Had it!” This renowned dog race great ancestor suddenly burst out laughing, casually waved, and two books fell in front of Chai A Si: “Then call them well-deserved!”

As the words scattered as intended, the figure of the dog race great ancestor Chai also disappeared in this divine soul world.

Only the last sentence echoed here: “The road after, you walk yourself, no matter success or failure, rise or fall, you should have no resentment.”

In this empty world, Chai A Si held his two secret books. The book covers were respectively written— “Heaven Absolute Earth Trap Secret Sword Art”,

“Hundred Tribulations Thousand Difficulties Invincible Golden Body”.

The long dialogue in the divine soul world almost didn’t affect time outside.

“Chai” was still controlling Chai A Si’s body, with the Three Lives Lan Yin Flower in his left hand and the rusty iron sword in his right hand, having just repelled Zhu Xian and given orders to Xuan Nan Gong.

All causes and effects had concluded, and the Three Lives Lan Yin Flower was also already perfect.

This journey, having trekked for more than three thousand years, he could finally beat Ying Yun Nian to the finish line by one step. But this last step, he didn’t immediately take.

At this moment, the dense forest that he had leveled with one sword, its tree stumps all facing the sky, as if a kind of ancient sacrifice.

After those tree trunks, branches, and leaves were all cut away, the layout of the entire forest became so clearly visible.

All the tree stumps were arranged in a strange pattern, the Eight Trigrams embedded in the Nine Palaces.

On every tree stump, bubbles slowly bulged, these bubbles getting bigger and bigger, thinner and thinner. Within them, light and shadow were uncertain, ripples reciprocated; they were the bubble shadows of fate!

At the end of the tree stumps was still the Shen Xiao secret room compressed into a wall-like gate, tightly closed inside and outside. Behind the gate was the vast Shen Xiao world, and in front was also.

This was also the Shen Xiao gate!

It was the absolute center of this world, and also the entrance and exit where the world’s rules were born.

From this gate towards the dried pool left after moving away the immortal spring, there was still a giant stone engraved with “Guest from far away comes”, and after the giant stone were six roads.

At this time, it was clearly visible that these six small roads, after probing into the forest, were mutually intertwined, tangled with each other.

The six paths were originally one path.

Coming and going without restraint, this cause is that effect.

At that time, a crowd of young demon race heavenly prides were still struggling and fighting with each other within it, completely unaware that all teams were walking in one place, fundamentally not noticing who they brushed shoulders with… how similar to fate!

“Chai” cut down the forest as a metaphor, of course, not merely to let Zhu Xian hear clearly.

More importantly, to let himself see clearly.

As early as three thousand more years ago, he had already reached the end of the heavenly demon realm.

He was infinitely close to transcendence, only lacking the last step to achieve greatness.

He lacked nothing.

These three thousand more years of time merely allowed this last step to ripen naturally.

He had long ago come to Shen Xiao; this world should already have no secrets for him… but unexpectedly, secrets still existed!

As a strong one of his level, he naturally knew that reincarnation was merely a concept, and rebirth was all false.

But here, there was actually an outline that seemed like the Buddhist six paths.

Who, here, controlled reincarnation?

What was sought?

Far away, where Jiang Wang was being killed left and right by the protector god general, a bell sound suddenly rang!

Seemingly here, seemingly there.

As if the echo of the six paths!