Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao-Chapter 1386 - 127: Ziwei King’s Hall

"When she truly perishes, all extraordinary women will perish with her."

"Then, when the great king no longer cares, he finally ascends the pinnacle. He gains emotions but can only live in endless suffering. At the same time, he discovers that the pinnacle of the king is true emotionlessness. Only by being emotionless, desireless, and questless, where everything vanishes, where there is nothing, can true eternal life be achieved.

This is the destruction of the Tao.

This is the destruction when resources reach their pinnacle."

"As more kings reach the pinnacle, the eternal origin will continue to deplete to the Thirty-Three Heavens."

"When Heaven and Earth deplete, apart from the pinnacle kings, all life will truly wither and decay, turning into mummified corpses."

"Therefore, the king wants to annihilate the world, to slaughter all eternal spirits, sealing everything, so that all life possesses the Ancient Eternal Spirit’s Three Souls and Seven Spirits, yet lacks corresponding cultivation abilities, becoming a life of eternal reincarnation within Red Dust."

"Back then, I told you to be an ordinary person, which was in fact the greatest happiness I could give you."

"If you break free from this scheme, nothing will happen. With you missing from this scheme’s key point, everything will truly perish."

"But the endless kings slaughtering endless eternal life will naturally face resistance from life."

"Thus, the battle begins."

"Is this a dream? Do you know what a dream is? That’s the place of self-exile for eternal beings."

"True Void Heavenly Prohibition? What is true, what is void, Zhou Yan, do you know?"

This white-clothed woman spoke of a world-shocking event.

This event made Zhou Yan’s entire body cold.

But what is true, what is void?

Zhou Yan’s heart was never calm, yet it soon reached tranquility.

"Ling Yi, whatever happens, I have no regrets in my heart."

Zhou Yan looked at Zhou Lingyi, suddenly and calmly said these words.

Then, Zhou Lingyi also looked at Zhou Yan quietly.

Suddenly, Zhou Lingyi smiled, a sorrowful smile.

"I have no regrets in my heart, do you really have no regrets? Wait until when you become a king, then truly experience these words."

"At that time, you will truly have the qualification to say these words."

"However, at that time, I fear you will have the qualification to say them but lack the ability to do so."

Zhou Lingyi turned around, and then the Withered Bone Warship gradually receded into the Black Water River.

In the distance, as Zhou Lingyi left farther away, her body too bit by bit disappeared, along with the Withered Bone Warship, both equally vanished.

In Heaven and Earth, still existing, only that one white garment.

A white garment suddenly fell from the void, quietly dropping into the lonely Black Water River.

Black Water River remains Black Water River, and that white garment remains that white garment, yet it appears extremely lonely and solitary.

It floats there alone, as if time is eternally frozen here.

Zhou Yan was dazed, then he took a deep breath and opened his brow heart, using the unique Thunder Seal Power to gaze into the void.

Black Water River originally existed, but in Zhou Yan’s eyes, it appeared as a black ghost shadow gradually disappearing under his gaze.

Finally, that white garment also vanished.

Yet in that place, a unique mark was left behind.

It was a mark of a golden leaf.

Zhou Yan stepped over, treading on solid ground rather than in Black Water.

Arriving at that place, Zhou Yan bent down and picked up this golden leaf.

The golden leaf in hand still carried a hint of fragrant scent, as if from Zhou Lingyi’s unique body fragrance.

On it, strands of unique Dao Aura flowed, though simple and crude Sword Dao Aura.

Yet everything seemed to interpret that all before was true.

Then, what is true, and what is void?

Zhou Yan looking at this leaf, suddenly burst into laughter, whether void or true, living in the present, without regret is enough.

Having made a choice, then even if kneeling, one must proceed.

Zhou Yan’s mind was not greatly disturbed or influenced.

He took a deep breath and began to perceive this golden leaf, yet sensed no Law or Supreme Dao on it.

Nor did it contain any of those traps to deceive as before.

Zhou Yan placed this golden leaf into Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain between his brows, then gathered Thunder Seal Power in his eyes, looking into the distance.

Everything in the distance once again came into view, with one place enveloped in purple qi, yet the change was rapid.

Zhou Yan calculated quickly arrived at that place, then entered into the purple mist.

Once in the purple mist, Zhou Yan with eyes existing through Thunder Seal immediately detected this mist’s positional change was very special, very in line with some transformation of Eight Diagrams.

Zhou Yan grasped the Sky-breaking Eight Formation Map, then deduced certain patterns and started to move on his own.

During this process, Zhou Yan discovered some high-quality Original Soul Stones along the way, such as sixth-level, seventh-level, and even eighth-level Purple Qi Soul Stones.

These Soul Stones, Zhou Yan, mindful of the will of the Thunder Seal, penetrated the illusions and avoided some potential dangers, acquiring these precious stones.

However, Zhou Yan was not greedy. From the sixth to eighth-level Soul Stones, Zhou Yan encountered nearly a thousand pieces, and he only took two hundred pieces of each type before stopping.

In such places, with such treasures, one must have due discretion, knowing that everything about Eternal Life Beings is bound by cause and effect.

In everything, one cannot go too far.

Too far, and it is just as bad as not far enough.

Zhou Yan obtained some Soul Stones and also picked some precious Purple Qi Medicine Grass. Similarly, Zhou Yan retained more of the medicinal herbs, taking a very small amount.

In this way, Zhou Yan advanced for nearly two more hours; in this Purple Qi bath, his Realm finally reached Great Perfection of Eternal Life in the Third Realms status.

In this status, he was ready to break through at any moment, but he did not; instead, he carefully contemplated the changes of the Purple Qi, observing the flow of the Purple Qi.

...

While Zhou Yan carefully deduced the Purple Qi, Jiang Xinli appeared in the mountains of this Purple Qi Heavenly Mansion in a severely injured state.

Upon her arrival, her whole body’s injuries were immediately covered by a blue ice and snow force, and then all injuries instantly recovered as before.

Yet, this blue ice and snow force turned sinister, presenting a more severe damage on Jiang Xinli’s body; her Eternal Spirit even began to wither, seemingly damaging its Origin, almost breaking the eternal form of the Eternal Spirit.

Such injuries, any being seeing them would know she was on the brink of Destruction.

But in this state, Jiang Xinli walked quite casually, not even bothering to disguise her injuries.

This situation is indeed strange.

But here, no life could sense it.

Jiang Xinli’s eyes were icy cold, and she walked arrogantly forward.

Suddenly, a figure in purple walked through the purple fog towards Jiang Xinli.

After a few breaths, when the two were about to touch, the woman in purple seemed shocked, then exclaimed: "Protector! How are you so deeply wounded? Quickly, sit down, I will restore some Origin for you."

This woman in purple was very pretty and quite delicate, not top-tier in appearance, but very pleasant to look at.

Upon seeing Jiang Xinli so heavily injured, she immediately derived her Eternal Spirit, which was a cute girl of five or six, with two small braids, very charming.

She wore a light purple dress, the entire body of the Eternal Spirit was chubby, very lovable.

At this moment, the little girl sprayed unique invisible energy from her Eternal Spirit towards Jiang Xinli’s Eternal Spirit.

But then, Jiang Xinli’s Eternal Spirit suddenly derived an evil aura, followed by a burst of Sword Light from this aura.

"Puh-chih——"

The little girl’s Eternal Spirit’s forehead was directly pierced by a blue ice-colored Sword Light.

The Eternal Spirit of the little girl immediately froze, forming an ice sculpture.

The ice sculpture quickly shattered.

The little girl’s Eternal Spirit thus shattered and disappeared, completely dying.

The woman in purple convulsed violently, then turned into streams of ice-blue air, directly devoured by Jiang Xinli, disappearing.

Even in Destruction, the little girl’s deep eyes still carried profound concern for Jiang Xinli.

Unfortunately, with such concern, she died.

This was an outstanding disciple, a very core disciple of the Ziwei Sect, who was even quite close with Lin Xuefei.

However, this girl perished just like this.

At the moment of this girl’s death, not far from this place, Lin Xuefei suddenly sensed her close sister’s death, her body shook, her eyes reddened immediately, tears streaming down uncontrollably.

Yet, this was just a very ordinary scene in the Purple Mountain Heavenly Mansion.

As Jiang Xinli proceeded, following Zhou Yan’s traces, she encountered seven such female disciples.

Without exception, each disciple was slain by her, and then eaten.

And her Realm, still in such a condition, improved by one layer, further advancing.

In this situation, Jiang Xinli paid no mind, but at the entrance to a Purple Qi Land, she thoughtfully stepped into a Land of Enlightenment for inheritance.

There, Jiang Xinli saw a shallow imprint of a Withered Bone Warship.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Xinli’s pupils contracted, a trace of fierceness flashed in her eyes.

She immediately turned around, striding swiftly in Zhou Yan’s departing direction, hastening forward at an extremely rapid pace.

...

Zhou Yan moved forward, slaying some inexplicable Stele creatures, and then suppressed unique Rune Sword Formation attacks with his Sword Array, entering an ancient large hall.

This hall was precisely the Ziwei Hall. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

A place once occupied by the Ziwei King.