Embers of Sword

Chapter 698 Going to Beihai

Rumble!
Thunder rumbled from within the dark clouds.

The white ghost, hanging high in the sky, raised its palm and slowly pressed it down on the ground beneath it.

In an instant, buildings collapsed, the ground of Yusang City crumbled, and countless dark soul energies emerged from the cracks... This vast Yusang City was as fragile as a piece of paper in the palm of the Three Saints.

Living beings are as insignificant as grass.

Xie Xuanyi clenched his fists, just as he was about to make a move.

Hiss.

A slight cracking sound suddenly rang out from the very top of the sky.

"Who?!"

The white ghost was terrified and startled.

His mind remained unchanged, and he did not feel any discomfort, but a figure had appeared faintly in the Myriad Souls Array.

"Someone's coming... but I can't see their figure!"

Qingxiao also felt a chill.

At the farthest edge of the dark clouds, a figure stood swaying, at the very end of the void.

A swirling aura of malevolence surrounded him, and countless ghosts tried to approach him, but were blocked by an invisible force.

The three saints sent out their divine senses, but when their divine senses landed on the location where the person was standing... they could only sense a void.

Nothing at all!

This bizarre scene made the three saints feel uneasy.

"Is it the Great God Chu Yang?"

Chi Xian's face turned deathly pale.

Logically speaking, no Yang God should have appeared in the battle of Yusang City.

Renshou Palace has already given the word.

"That person" deliberately sent a message instructing Yinshan not to hold back and to fight as fiercely as possible, making as much noise as possible.

"no need to worry."

White Ghost took a deep breath and subconsciously looked behind him.

Without hesitation, he decisively declared, "According to the original plan, kill Xie Xuanyi!"

The Myriad Souls Formation roared!
The white ghost immediately raised his hand.

The jet-black arc of light that surged from the shattered earth transformed into longswords that shot straight toward Xie Xuanyi.

"..."

Xie Xuanyi also looked into the void.

He couldn't see the figure in the void, but he heard a calm voice.

"Let's go to Beihai."

The figure standing at the end of the void uttered only these three words.

The figure made its move the next moment.

He stretched out his palm and made a suppressing gesture.

boom!
This action was incredibly simple, yet the Myriad Souls Formation was instantly shattered!

As for the three saints, they were reduced to ashes in an instant... Yes, the three saints, who were at the half-step Yang God Realm, could not even withstand a single attack from this ethereal figure.

This blow was even more impactful than a "crushing" in the conventional sense!

Before this palm strike.

The three saints are no different from ants.

The figure in the void never even looked at the location of the "Three Saints." He simply stared calmly at the top of the sky, or more precisely... at the end of the void behind the Three Saints.

With a single palm strike, the Myriad Souls Formation shattered.

The figure extended a second hand and clasped both hands together.

Rumble, rumble.

As the palms closed, the cracks in the ground of Yusang City gradually closed, forcibly shutting them in an unbelievable way.

The dark, malevolent aura that had permeated the city was also forcibly removed.

Xie Xuanyi was utterly shocked at that moment.

"Let's go to Beihai!"

Just then, the dark figure spoke again, its voice solemn. The deaths of the Three Saints were not the end.

This... is just the beginning.

After the dark clouds in the sky dispersed, the dome did not regain its clarity. Wisps of crimson fire clouds appeared out of nowhere and began to gather. The mere sight of these fire clouds swirling and converging together raised the temperature of the surrounding area by several degrees.

Xie Xuanyi knew that the Holy Empress was about to appear.

Without further hesitation, he set off, harnessing his sword energy, and carried Jiang Miaoyin toward the North Sea.

……

……

"What's happening here?"

The sword energy swept out of Yusang City and traveled for more than ten miles.

Even now, Jiang Miaoyin has not yet recovered from the shock.

She simply couldn't believe what she was seeing; what had just happened was far beyond her comprehension!
How did the Battle of Yusang City escalate to this point?
The fact that the three saints made a move was already extremely outrageous!
That ethereal figure annihilated the three saints with a single strike...

"Was that senior a Yang Shen cultivator?"

Jiang Miaoyin murmured, "Did you see his face clearly?"

"of course not……"

Xie Xuanyi shook his head and said, "But Yang Shen, you're probably underestimating him."

Jiang Miaoyin was stunned.

"This is at least the tenth level of the Yang God realm, or even higher."

Xie Xuanyi said expressionlessly, "Look back, what do you see?"

The sword energy pointed north.

Jiang Miaoyin looked south.

At this moment, the sky above Yusang City seemed to be set ablaze.

"If I'm not mistaken, that's the 'Great Phoenix Grotto Heaven,' and the Holy Empress has been waiting for us in Yusang City for a long time."

Xie Xuanyi lowered his voice and said, "The Yinshan pursuit was originally intended to lure Master into making a move... This was all Renshou Palace's idea. The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. The Holy Empress wants to be the final winner. As long as someone dares to show up to save me in this calamity, that person is almost certainly doomed."

The case of the Hidden Moon Realm has just broken out.

Under the overwhelming pressure, whoever shows their face will die!

"That person...is not Master..."

Jiang Miaoyin frowned as she recalled the scene from just now.

The figure in the void possessed unparalleled strength... but the techniques it used were not those of the Sword Palace.

At this moment, half of the sky above Yusang City was shrouded in red clouds, while the other half was showered with holy white light. Two supreme experts were engaged in a fierce battle, and it seemed that it would be difficult to determine who was superior for the time being.

"I have a glimmer of hope..."

Xie Xuanyi took a deep breath.

He hesitated for a moment, then slowly said, "I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear?"

"Listen first."

Jiang Miaoyin did not hesitate.

"If I'm not mistaken, your inner tribulation... has been removed."

Xie Xuanyi said seriously, "The so-called 'trial of conscience' is nothing more than the accumulation of guilt from ten years ago. I have now survived successfully, and the mystery from ten years ago has been completely solved... This trial can no longer hold you back. In a sense, you have already succeeded in 'questioning your conscience'."

"That makes sense... but something's not right..."

Jiang Miaoyin subconsciously agreed, but then immediately sensed something was wrong: "If the 'Trial of Questioning the Heart' is broken, how could this be the scene?"

Shouldn't this dream be shattered now?
"This is the bad news I have to tell you."

Xie Xuanyi's back was already covered in cold sweat: "You think this is a dream... I thought so at first, but now it seems that everything that happened is more than just a 'dream'."

"what do you mean……"

Jiang Miaoyin vaguely guessed what Xie Xuanyi was going to say.

"Dreaming."

Xie Xuanyi said in a hoarse voice, "When I found you in the Ice Soul Cave, your soul was already close to 'annihilation.' You were not only trapped in the 'Heart Tribulation,' but also in a 'spiritual wandering.' Judging from the recent battle in Yusang City, we are very likely in a 'cause and effect' section of the River of Destiny."

"In other words."

"Everything that's happening now... could actually be real!"

(End of this chapter)