People in the Imperial Music Bureau: The Storytelling Demon Child Nezha

Su Yuqing frowned. "Using darkness to fight darkness will only plunge more people into suffering! You have already hurt too many innocent people!"

The cult leader sneered, "Innocent? In the face of absolute power, so-called innocence is nothing but an excuse for the weak."

We captured those people to conduct experiments, to find a way to completely devour the power of the abyss.

And you, the hosts of the life core and inheritors of the Heavenly Evil bloodline, are the key to our experiment.

Li Qiye gripped the Blade of Severance tightly. "Don't even think about it! We will never let you succeed!"

The cult leader looked at Li Qiye and Su Yuqing, a complex expression flashing in his eyes. "You think you can solve the problem by defeating me? The Four Directions Cult has strongholds all over the world. If the experiments in those strongholds get out of control, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Now, I can tell you the locations of all the outposts, but you must agree to one condition.

"What are the conditions?" Su Yuqing asked warily.

The cult leader took a deep breath. "Spare the ordinary members of the Four Directions Cult. Most of them are being misled; only a few high-ranking members truly know the core plan."

Chapter 239 We Must Find the Rift Core

Li Qiye and Su Yuqing exchanged a glance; they understood that this was a difficult choice.

If they do not agree, the Four Directions Cult's secret strongholds will continue to endanger the world; but if they agree, it means letting go of some people who participated in the evil experiments.

“We agree to your request,” Li Qiye finally said, “but you must guarantee that the information you provide is accurate.”

Furthermore, the Four Directions Religion must immediately cease all its evil experiments.

The cult leader smiled with satisfaction. "Good. I will tell you the locations of all the outposts and the details of the experiments."

I hope you can truly end all of this and free this world from darkness...

After receiving information from the leader of the Four Directions Sect, Li Qiye and Su Yuqing embarked on a new journey.

They rushed to various Four Directions Cult strongholds to stop those insane experiments.

Wherever they went, they faced fierce resistance from the higher-ups of the Four Directions Sect, but with the power of their life core and the Heavenly Evil Bloodline, as well as their increasingly skilled teamwork, they managed to escape danger time and time again.

As he destroyed the last stronghold, Li Qiye gazed at the burning buildings before him. This battle against the Four Directions Cult had given him a deeper understanding of protecting the world.

Sometimes, enemies are not as simple as they seem, and the real threat often lies hidden beneath seemingly righteous purposes.

Su Yuqing walked to his side and took his hand. "Next, we will encounter more unknown challenges."

But as long as we're together, no difficulty can defeat us.

Li Qiye turned to look at her and smiled, "That's right. The matter of the Four Directions Sect has come to an end, but there are still other dark forces in the world."

Our mission is to protect everyone who needs protection, and no matter how many difficulties and obstacles lie ahead, we will keep going...

Their figures gradually disappeared into the sunset. This was just a stop on their long journey of protection; many more challenges awaited them in the future.

And they are ready to embark on a new journey for the sake of light and hope.

After the turmoil surrounding the Four Directions Sect subsided, Li Qiye and Su Yuqing did not experience the peace they had anticipated.

One day, the life core suddenly emitted a sharp buzzing sound, and trembled violently as if it were being gripped by an invisible giant hand.

As the blood-red vines around Su Yuqing's waist twisted wildly, forming a thorny shield, a purplish-black rift tore open in the sky, from which viscous black mist dripped, corroding the ground and creating bottomless pits upon contact.

“This isn’t the aura of the abyss!” Li Qiye spread his wings, which were burning with golden flames, and star patterns he had never seen before appeared on the surface of the Blade of Severance. “It’s like… the power of another dimension.” Before he finished speaking, several tentacles covered with eyeballs emerged from the crack, each eyeball swirling with an eerie, ghostly blue light, distorting space into vortexes wherever it passed.

Su Yuqing's Blood Curse Dagger transformed into a crimson stream of light, severing the oncoming tentacles.

The severed parts did not fall, but instead reassembled in mid-air into semi-transparent humanoid monsters. Their claws tore through space, and they teleported behind the two to launch a sneak attack.

Li Qiye swung his hand backhand (Qian Nuohao), and the light blade tore through the void, cutting the monster into pieces. However, the fragments merged into the black mist and then reformed.

"These monsters can regenerate indefinitely!"

Su Yuqing's vines entangled a monster, its body scorched by crimson runes. "We must find the core of the rift!" As soon as she finished speaking, a deafening roar came from the rift, and a colossal figure composed of shattered stars and dark matter slowly appeared. Its chest was a flowing nebula, and with each breath it inhaled and exhaled dark energy that could annihilate everything.

Chapter 240 The Resonance of the Star Ring

The colossal figure looked down at the two, and the nebula within its chest suddenly erupted, sending countless meteorites carrying dark matter crashing to the ground.

Li Qiye leaped up and swung his sword, the golden blade cleaving the meteorite in two. The shattered fragments, upon contact with the black mist, mutated into new monsters.

Su Yuqing's vines wove into a net to stop the falling dark matter, but the net was quickly corroded and holes appeared.

"I am the Lord of the Star Abyss, and the rules of this world are as fragile as paper before me." The monster's voice was like the roar of countless stars colliding. It raised its arm, and space shattered like glass, with countless tiny cracks spreading towards Li Qiye and Su Yuqing.

Li Qiye's life core shone brightly, and golden runes formed a barrier, but it let out a mournful cry of unbearable strain the moment it came into contact with the crack.

Su Yuqing bit her tongue, spitting blood onto the dagger 907. The blood curse transformed into chains, binding the Star Abyss Lord's wrist. "Li Qiye, attack the nebula core in its chest!" Her voice was drowned out by the roar, and vines grew wildly, attempting to restrain the monster's movements.

Li Qiye gathered all his strength, the flames on his wings burned to their fullest extent, and the Blade of Severance drew an arc that crossed space, piercing straight into the core of the nebula.

However, the moment the blade touched the core, the Lord of the Star Abyss suddenly disappeared and appeared behind Li Qiye, his fist, formed from dark matter, slamming down heavily.

Without hesitation, Su Yuqing rushed forward, her blood-red vines forming a shield, but she was thrown back by the powerful impact, blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.

The moment Su Yuqing was injured, Li Qiye's life core erupted with unprecedented light, and his consciousness was forcibly pulled into a time-space corridor interwoven with light and shadow.

Countless fragments of memory floated in the air, one of which suddenly shone with light, revealing the final conversation between the first tomb keeper and the Heavenly Evil Buddha.

"If the Star Abyss descends one day, only by using the Life Core as a catalyst and fusing with the primal power of the Heavenly Evil Bloodline can the 'Gate of Return to the Ruins' be opened." The voice of the first tomb guardian echoed in the corridor. In the scene, he handed a ring engraved with star maps to the Heavenly Evil Buddha. "This Star Ring is the key to fighting against the Star Abyss."

Li Qiye suddenly felt a burning sensation on his fingers. Looking down, he discovered that a star ring exactly like the one he remembered had appeared on his hand.

At the same time, in reality, Su Yuqing struggled to stand up, her Heavenly Evil Bloodline surging wildly, and a blood-red ancient totem appeared behind her.

"Li Qiye! I feel the resonance of the Star Ring!" Her voice pierced through the corridor of time and space, "Use it to guide our power!" Li Qiye gripped the Star Ring tightly, and golden light and blood-red runes flowed into the void along the ring's patterns.

The spacetime corridor trembled violently, and a dazzling portal slowly opened behind the Lord of the Star Abyss.

What surged from the portal was not light, but a darkness that devoured everything—the power of the Void, purer and more terrifying than the abyss. The Lord of the Star Abyss let out a terrified roar as its body began to disintegrate under the power of the Void, its limbs made of dark matter turning into stardust and dissipating into the air.

Li Qiye and Su Yuqing's powers were connected through the Star Ring, and their figures gradually became transparent, as if they were about to merge into the Void. "Hold on!" Li Qiye shouted, his life core resonating with the Star Ring, forming a golden anchor point in the portal of light, "We must completely seal the Lord of the Star Abyss in the Void!"

Su Yuqing's crimson vines transformed into countless chains, binding the struggling body of the Star Abyss Lord.

Chapter 241 Star Map Barrier

The power of the Void surged into the monster's body like a tidal wave, and the nebula core in its chest cavity began to collapse, releasing energy powerful enough to destroy an area of ​​thousands of miles.

Li Qiye wielded the Blade of Severance, channeling this energy into the portal. The golden blade collided with the darkness of the Void, unleashing a dazzling burst of light.

As the light faded, the Lord of the Star Abyss disappeared, and the gate of light slowly closed.

Li Qiye and Su Yuqing collapsed weakly to the ground, their strength almost exhausted, and the light from their life cores became as faint as a candle flame.

After the Gate of Return to Nothingness closed, the remaining dark matter in the air began to condense into black crystals.

Li Qiye cautiously picked up a piece and discovered that the crystal contained fragmented memories—the memories of the Lord of the Star Abyss.

In the scene, a person dressed in black robes stands in front of the Star Abyss Rift, holding a crystal similar to that of the leader of the Four Directions Sect.

“It seems there’s an even larger force behind the Four Directions Sect.” Su Yuqing wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth as crimson vines swept away several crystals. “These memory fragments might be a breakthrough.” Before she finished speaking, screams echoed from afar, and thick smoke rose from the direction of the city.

The two exchanged a glance and forced themselves to their feet. Li Qiye's wings reignited with flames, though the light was dim, his resolve remained firm: "Let's go. No matter what the threat, we will protect them to the end." They flew towards the city, unaware that this crisis was far more intractable than they had imagined—the black crystals, upon contact with humans, transformed them into translucent void creatures, whose attacks could tear apart souls.

In the city, the streets have become battlefields. Transformed void creatures float in the air, and with a gentle stroke of their fingertips, buildings are torn apart like pieces of paper.

When Li Qiye's light blade struck the void creatures, it could only temporarily disperse their forms, but it could not fundamentally damage them.

Su Yuqing's vines pierced through the creature's body, only to find it empty, except for a mass of dark matter that was constantly expanding.

"Their weakness lies in the soul!" Li Qiye suddenly recalled the memories of the first generation of tomb guardians. "The protective power of the life core might be able to..." Before he could finish speaking, the claws of a void creature pierced through his shoulder, and the intense pain almost made him lose his grip on the Blade of Severance.

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Su Yuqing's crimson incantations condensed into a massive rune in the air, enveloping several void creatures. "Purify them with the light of your life core!" she shouted. Li Qiye endured the pain, and his life core erupted with a warm golden light. Wherever the light touched, the void creatures let out shrill screams, and the dark matter within their bodies began to decompose.

However, as more and more people were converted, the number of void creatures increased exponentially. Li Qiye and Su Yuqing gradually became overwhelmed. Just then, the Star Ring suddenly emitted light, unfolding a huge star map barrier beneath their feet.

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The star map barrier emitted a soft light, causing the void creatures that came into contact with it to move sluggishly.

Li Qiye discovered that the patterns on the star map were extremely similar to the sealing array drawn by the first tomb guardian in his memory. "Su Yuqing, inject your power into the star map!" he shouted, "This may be the key to turning the tide of the battle!"

The two placed their hands on the star map, and the golden light of the life core and the blood-red incantations of the Heavenly Evil bloodline flowed along the patterns.

A golden sphere rises from the center of the star map, continuously absorbing dark matter from the void creatures.

Chapter 242 Searching for the Mysterious Palace

Those humans who were transformed collapsed to the ground, weakened, after losing dark matter, and returned to normal.

However, the power of the star chart is not inexhaustible. As dark matter increases, cracks begin to appear on the sphere.

Li Qiye spotted a gap at the edge of the star map, where void creatures were frantically pouring in. "I'll guard the gap, you continue maintaining the star map!" He spread his wings and rushed towards the gap, the Blade of Severance in his hand forming a golden light shield, "907".

Su Yuqing's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and the blood-red vines took root in the star map, continuously supplying power.

Watching Li Qiye's figure fighting valiantly at the breach, she gritted her teeth and poured more of the Heavenly Evil Bloodline power into the Star Chart.

When the last void creature was absorbed by the star map, Li Qiye and Su Yuqing both collapsed to the ground.

The star map slowly dissipated, leaving behind a ground littered with weakened inhabitants.

Li Qiye struggled to his feet, picked up a piece of the remaining black crystal, and the memory fragments in the crystal suddenly became clear—the Witch God Cult was standing in front of a palace floating in the clouds, and the palace gate was carved with the same patterns as the Star Abyss Rift.

"I see..."

Li Qiye gripped the crystal tightly. "The Four Directions Sect and the Lord of the Star Abyss both point to this mysterious palace."

He helped Su Yuqing up. Although his life core was exhausted, its light became firm again. "Next, we must find this palace and completely sever the root of darkness."

Su Yuqing wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and the Blood Curse Dagger returned to her hand, the incantation on the blade still shining brightly.

The two looked up at the sky, where traces of the Star Abyss Rift still remained, but sunlight had already pierced through the clouds and shone on the devastated city.

Following the memory clues remaining in the black crystal, Li Qiye and Su Yuqing flew towards the mysterious palace above the clouds.

As the altitude increased, the air became increasingly thin and the chill was biting. The surroundings were shrouded in thick, inky clouds, and visibility was extremely low.

The life core trembled slightly within Li Qiye's body, emitting a faint light as it attempted to penetrate the eerie mist, but with little success.

Su Yuqing's crimson vines swayed gently in the air, keenly sensing the abnormalities around her. The tips of the vines would occasionally flash crimson runes, like warning lights in the darkness.

“Be careful, there’s something wrong with these clouds…” Li Qiye suddenly stopped, holding the Blade of Severance in front of him, and warily looked around.

He could sense that a powerful and eerie force was hidden within these seemingly ordinary clouds and mist, silently approaching them.

As soon as he finished speaking, a sinister laugh came from the clouds and mist, followed by countless skulls formed from the mist surging in from all directions.

The skulls' empty eye sockets gleamed with an eerie green light, and their open jaws emitted piercing screams, each sound seemingly capable of piercing one's eardrums.

Su Yuqing's crimson vines shot out like arrows, wrapping around the approaching skull. The crimson incantations erupted instantly, burning it to ashes.

However, there were far too many skulls (0.4). As soon as one batch was eliminated, new ones would emerge from the clouds.

Li Qiye wielded the Blade of Severance, the golden blade flashing like lightning, shattering skulls wherever it went.

But these skulls seem to possess some kind of regenerative ability; their broken bones recombine in the clouds and launch another attack.

"This can't go on; we need to find the source of these skeletons."

Chapter 243 The Manipulator

Li Qiye spoke loudly, his voice echoing through the clouds and mist.

He closed his eyes, concentrated, and focused on sensing the fluctuations of energy around him.

Finally, he detected an exceptionally powerful aura deep within the clouds, an aura carrying an evil and decaying scent, which was the source of the skulls' power.

"Follow me!" Li Qiye flew towards the direction from which the aura came, with Su Yuqing following closely behind.

Along the way, they encountered more bizarre attacks, including skulls and giant monsters formed from clouds and mist. These monsters came in various shapes and sizes; some resembled giant octopuses, waving tentacles covered with suckers; others resembled winged giant wolves, baring sharp fangs.

07 The two worked together, with Li Qiye using the Blade of Severance to cut off the monster's attacks, while Su Yuqing used the Crimson Vines to restrain and counterattack.

In the midst of the fierce battle, they gradually approached the source of the evil aura.

As they passed through the last layer of clouds, a massive altar appeared before them. Standing on the altar was a figure draped in a grey robe, holding a staff inlaid with black gemstones. He was the one who controlled this evil power.

The gray-robed man slowly turned around, revealing a wrinkled, pale face beneath his hood. In his deep-set eye sockets, a pair of eyes gleamed with a cold red light, like two flickering will-o'-the-wisps.