Longzang

Chapter 1022 A Witch's Life Without Regret
Next, Jiu Mu took action, carefully extracting the life force of the Heavenly Pillar and sending it into Wei Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness.

When the life force of the Heavenly Pillar disappeared, the lingering image left by the Molten Dragon finally lost its obsession and vanished into the world.

At the same time, Wei Yuan felt his power over heaven and earth suddenly increase, and the range of his divine sense in the Desolate Realm soared to 100,000 miles without effort, and he could also slightly mobilize the power of heaven and earth in the Desolate Realm.

The so-called "micro-scale" is actually equivalent to a single strike from an ordinary Imperial Guardian or a Wild Witch. In other words, Wei Yuan is currently invincible in his battle against an ordinary Wild Witch in the Wilderness, and they can fight for eternity.

At this moment, the Desolate Realm Authority on Wei Yuan's body was equivalent to almost half of a Heavenly Witch, while the power of the Desolate Realm was suppressing the core of the Heavenly Pillar, slowly sending it into Wei Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness.

As soon as the core entered the sea of ​​consciousness, it was drawn towards the sixth orbit.

To calculate the sixth orbit, one would normally need to finish reading "An Initial Exploration of the Desolate Realm," and even that might not be enough; one would also need to read the works of Tinghai and Yanshi to have a sufficient mathematical foundation. But now, there is no time for that.

However, just because Wei Yuan can't do it doesn't mean others can't. At this moment, amidst the bustling world, there is at least one and a half people who can handle this task: one is Xihe, and the other is Liandeng.

With her Clear Sword Heart, Xihe unleashed a flash of sword light, directly tracing the sixth orbit. The orbit itself was undoubtedly correct. As for the calculation process, there was none. That's how absurd and abstract top-tier sword cultivators are.

At this moment, Wei Yuan could no longer care about anything else, focusing entirely on sending the life force of the Heavenly Pillar into the sixth orbit. The instant it entered orbit, the entire mortal realm roared, giant waves rose from the sea, and the sky dripped blood!

Immediately, the entire human world awoke like a sleeping giant, and upon opening its eyes, it saw its natural enemy!

Even without Wei Yuan's intervention, the mortal forces immediately exerted all their strength, instinctively trying to suppress the life force of the Heavenly Pillar. However, the life force of the Heavenly Pillar expanded rapidly, increasing hundreds of times in the blink of an eye, and then hundreds of times again in the blink of an eye!
In an instant, it grew from the size of a fingertip to the size of a small mountain. Everything around it that came into contact with it, whether tangible or intangible, became its nourishment, causing it to grow rapidly.

Even the ghosts in the Yellow Springs Cave Heaven began to tremble. The mirage demons in the central thick earth simply feigned death, rendering the numerous Imperial Landscape Dharma Images virtually useless, and more than half of them remained entangled.

On a deserted island in the sea, the demon bearing Xiao Yu's face wept with joy and roared at the sky: "Destroy! End it!"

Suddenly, the sounds of chanting and wooden fish drums began to ring out.

The young monk Honglian was striking a wooden fish, silently chanting scriptures that no one could understand. Meanwhile, the lotus lanterns were being lit, their bright flames illuminating the small temple. Then, holding three sticks of incense, he offered them to the empty lotus throne before solemnly inserting them into the incense burner.

This time, however, Xihe did not stop it.

Each verse of scripture struck the rapidly expanding Heavenly Pillar of Life like a heavy hammer, instantly slowing its expansion significantly. Then, wisps of smoke curled up, halving the expansion rate of the Heavenly Pillar of Life within the smoke.

Suddenly, the sky changed, and a vast expanse of blazing fire clouds appeared. A beam of white-gold fortune, tinged with iridescent celestial light, descended from the heavens and landed on earth. As soon as this advanced Heavenly Witch fortune appeared, it transformed into a five-colored celestial lightning bolt, striking the pillar of life with devastating force. With a single blow, it shattered most of the pillar, almost halting its expansion.

Wei Yuan glanced at Jiu Mu with some surprise, not expecting to gain another piece of advanced Heavenly Witch luck.

A Celestial Witch like Nine Eyes, standing atop the mountains of this world, would be beyond the reach of even the Ancestral Witches to offer their highest-level fortune. In truth, he couldn't possibly be sincerely subservient to any being, so a single strand of Celestial Witch advancement fortune was already his limit. Wei Yuan hadn't expected him to actually give it to him.

With the strike of the Nine-Eyed Luck transformed into Celestial Thunder, the life force of the Heavenly Pillar was also severely damaged, and the rate of its growth almost completely stopped.

At this moment, a sword light stretched across the sky, cleaving the pillar of heaven in two with a single strike!
Then, the Yin and Yang dragons appeared, each biting off half of the life force. Suddenly, the black dragon vanished, along with the life force of the celestial pillar in its mouth, while the white dragon, having lost all its power, spat out the life force of the celestial pillar in its mouth.

This is the first time Yin and Yang have revealed their true killing move. If any sentient being is bitten by the Yin and Yang twin dragons, half of them will die instantly. This is cause and effect, and there is no reason to it.

Even if a powerful cultivator's body is cut in half, into four pieces, or even chopped into pieces, they can usually reassemble and heal themselves. But being bitten by the Yin-Yang Twin Dragons means permanently losing half of one's life force.

After being struck again, the life force of the Heavenly Pillar finally fell silent and entered a mysterious state that was completely untouchable.

At this moment, Wei Yuan's heart stirred, and the wondrous tree on Jade Mountain grew rapidly, instantly becoming a towering giant tree, and then rapidly withered away, finally turning back into the original fruit of life.

Jade Mountain slowly rose into the air, accelerating continuously until it reached the sixth orbit, trapping the life force of the Heavenly Pillar within it. The Fruit of Life fell onto Jade Mountain again, sprouting several tender leaves, while its roots continued to grow within the mountain. Then, the combined power of heaven and earth from the entire mortal realm pressed down upon it, and Jade Mountain ultimately transformed into a jade sphere the size of a fist.

At this moment, the life force of the Heavenly Pillar was almost completely suppressed, but it was still growing at an extremely slow rate. Wei Yuan had mobilized all resources and finally realized that the life force of the Heavenly Pillar could not be completely suppressed. Now, the more its vitality was suppressed, the more the power of heaven and earth needed to be exerted would increase exponentially. It was already close to its limit, and further suppression was meaningless.

Wei Yuan finally moved the Gates of All Realms and the Black Pool, originally located within Jade Mountain, into the Yellow Springs Grotto-Heaven. This marked the first major adjustment to the layout of the mortal realm. Suddenly, a thought struck Wei Yuan. Looking around, he saw a vast amount of primordial energy appearing in the void, appearing like towering mountains rolling in! This was primordial energy bestowed upon Wei Yuan as a reward for his great service to heaven and earth.

Nourished by a vast amount of primordial energy, the various grottoes of the human world began to change. The fist-sized jade sphere also began to continuously absorb the surrounding microscopic substances, and slowly a layer of ash and mud appeared on its surface. The temperature of the entire jade sphere also gradually increased.

The Central Earth Cave Heaven expanded another circle, and the mirage demons no longer had to be stacked together. They now had some space to exchange partners within a limited area.

The Yellow Springs Grotto-heaven slowly expanded to accommodate the newly acquired Black Pool. The Gate to All Realms stood in the center of the grotto-heaven, and the mysterious runes on the gate began to light up again.

Seeing that the situation had stabilized, Wei Yuan left the human world. He looked at the nine-eyed man in front of him; both of them had complex expressions.

At this moment, Wei Yuan felt an immense sense of familiarity with the desolate world, easily able to see through thousands of feet underground. He felt an overwhelming hatred and loathing for the three heavenly pillars and the Flame Demon, wishing he could tear them apart. This hatred suddenly swelled, directly consuming Wei Yuan's reason, compelling him to immediately confront the Flame Demon and fight to the death!

Fortunately, a large hand grabbed Wei Yuan's arm in time, bringing him back to his senses. Wei Yuan then realized that he was in a posture of charging towards the Heavenly Pillar. If he hadn't been pulled down by Nine Eyes, with his current power over heaven and earth, he would probably already be in front of the Heavenly Pillar.

Nine Eyes said, "Once you gain the power of Heaven and Earth, you are easily influenced by the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. You should have already experienced this just now. Therefore, if your strength is insufficient and your will is not firm enough, suddenly gaining the power of Heaven and Earth will make you a puppet of Heaven and Earth, or even an empty shell without a self."

Your current authority in the Desolate Realm is your limit; I've already suppressed any excess authority for you. Until your strength reaches the Imperial Realm level… wait… what exactly is this?”

"The Dharma body is perfectly formed," Wei Yuan replied honestly.

"Six grotto-heavens already, and you're still only at the Perfect Dharma Aspect?! Can't you be a human being?" Nine Eyes grew increasingly suspicious. If Wei Yuan added a few more grotto-heavens, even ordinary immortals wouldn't be much different!
"Juniors are human beings, after all."

“You’re not even as good as a human being!” Nine Eyes blurted out.

Wei Yuan felt inexplicably awkward upon hearing this, unsure whether he should be angry, so he simply ignored it. He took stock of himself and realized that he possessed roughly half the authority of a Heavenly Witch, anything more than that was beyond his current capacity to bear.

Nine Eyes said, "Before your strength is fully enhanced, do not do anything that benefits the Desolate Realm, otherwise the power will be further transferred. Although you are currently suppressed by the immortal artifact of your predecessor, the power of heaven and earth that you cannot control will be extremely troublesome, and it is not something that a sword immortal can handle."

Xihe was furious and intended to have a good talk with Jiumu, but unfortunately, Wei Yuan's body was exhausted and all his strength was used to suppress the life force of the Heavenly Pillar, so he couldn't even release a single sword aura.

However, Wei Yuan also had one question, so he asked, "How did I get another piece of your luck? Is your luck so easy to obtain?"

Nine Eyes was so angry he laughed, wishing he could slap Wei Yuan to death. However, Wei Yuan currently possessed the life force of the Heavenly Pillar; if he were killed, the Heavenly Pillar would be exposed, and the entire Desolate Realm would be doomed. Therefore, he had to be cautious and let Wei Yuan live for a while longer.

Seeing Wei Yuan's bewildered expression, Nine Eyes snorted and said, "If you refuse to accept it, then the remnant spirit of the Molten Dragon won't last long, and soon this little bit of life will break free. There are four Heavenly Pillars in total, but right now there are only three extraterrestrial demons outside the Desolate Realm. Have you ever thought about where the fourth one went?"

Wei Yuan was taken aback: "Could it be that the life force I received..."

"That's right, that's the fourth extraterrestrial demon. The Molten Dragon pulled it down from the heavens that day, sacrificing its own life to suppress it. If it escapes, it will soon be able to regrow in the desolate realm, absorb nutrients, and be resurrected once more."

So if you refuse to take it, and it eventually escapes, I plan to take it with me, use my Source Blood Divine Power, and travel to a random outer realm. I don't know where we'll end up, but one thing is certain: neither it nor I will come back.

Wei Yuan was greatly shocked. He never expected that Jiu Mu would actually have the intention to abandon himself. This was truly unbelievable.

Nine Eyes rolled her eyes at Wei Yuan and said irritably, "It's not that I'm afraid of death, it's just that I need to die in a meaningful way, understand? Besides, this doesn't contradict my love for lying around and doing nothing, enjoying my witch life, understand? The joy of doing nothing and getting paid every day, don't you understand?!"

Wei Yuan genuinely didn't understand, after all, he was the one who distributed the money, although it wasn't much.

Nine Eyes said, "If you feel guilty, then come and help me with some work more often in the future. Take good care of the Wasteland and educate the young Witch Cubs. Let me play happily with all kinds of little beauties, that's all!"

Wei Yuan was about to nod when he suddenly realized something and said, "Wait a minute, according to you, wasn't it me who saved your life?!"

Nine Eyes remained calm and composed, and said seriously, "If you insist on saying that, then you are right."

(End of this chapter)