As Gui Mian bit down on Yun Che's left shoulder, Xiao Qingli suddenly pushed him away. Fu Mo Qin stood in front, blocking the attack, but the seven strings of her instrument snapped. Gui Mian gnawed at her right arm, but when it touched the Star Fragment, it let out a shriek and vanished.
"You..." Yun Che caught the falling Xiao Qingli. The shards in her heart had already fused with his Xing Wen to a large extent, and blood stained the corner of her lips, dyeing her clothes red. "Don't misunderstand... I just need you alive to complete the Formation Diagram..."
The seventh Jiefire pierced through heaven and earth. Yun Che embraced Xiao Qingli and soared into the sky, willingly meeting the Jiefire head-on. In excruciating pain, Xing Wen underwent a transformation, and a pair of starry wings unfurled from his back—Ling Tai Realm, achieved!
Mo Qianshan's body was reduced to ashes in the Jiefire. When Yun Che landed back on the ground, the person in his arms was barely breathing. He tore off the blood-stained remnants of the Formation Diagram and pressed it against Xiao Qingli's heart. "You're right; we both need to break free from this Jail."
At the moment when Xing Wen fully merged with the shards, a low groan echoed from beneath Xixia Town as an ancient beast awakened. Thousands of miles away at the Eastern Extreme Coast, a masked woman gathering herbs suddenly looked up; the Xing Wen on her wrist glowed with intense heat: "Finally... I've found it."
In the ruins of Xixia Town, embers of Jiefire scattered like blood-colored fireflies. Yun Che laid the unconscious Xiao Qingli under the remaining eaves of a shrine, folding his starry wings into a cloak over her shoulders. The lingering pain from Xing Wen still coursed through his veins as he stared at his palm—the originally golden patterns had seeped into an eerie blue halo, intertwining like a galaxy with demonic energy.
"You really have a strong life force."
A hoarse female voice emerged from the shadow of the eaves. Yun Che instantly sprang up, forming a Light Blade with Xing Wen to strike at the source of the sound.
Clang!
A short knife resembling fish bones blocked his Light Blade. The wielder was veiled in indigo silk, and silver bells jingled softly at her wrist. She flicked her fingers to deflect Yun Che and retreated to a broken wall three zhang away. "Eastern Sea Silver Jiao Guard, here to escort the orphan of Xing Yun."
Yun Che's pupils constricted.
The woman pulled down her veil, revealing features strikingly similar to Bai Ruoyou's but marred by scales covering her right cheek. "My name is Xi Yue; you should call me aunt."
Xi Yue flicked out a silver chain from her waist, its hook gleaming coldly. "The Saintess has been waiting for you for ten years."
"Bai Ruoyou?" Yun Che sneered. "Does a traitor deserve to be called a saint?"
The silver chain coiled around his ankle like a venomous snake, its barbed scales piercing into flesh. Xing Wen surged forth to devour it but realized that an Eastern Sea curse was attached to the chain, which began to erode his golden light in return!
"Do you think Xing Wen is invincible?" Xi Yue pulled the silver chain, "This 'Locking Star Spell' is specifically designed to counter the Heavenly Gang lineage!" Yun Che staggered to his knees, and Xing Wen made a painful hum for the first time. A weak Qin Yin sounded suddenly in the ancestral hall, and Xiao Qingli woke up at some point. The broken strings of the Fu Mo Qin cut her fingertips, and she played "Breaking Barrier Melody" with blood as the lead. The sound waves collided with the Locking Star Spell, and the silver chain broke. Xi Yue raised an eyebrow and looked at Xiao Qingli: "Lingxiao Pavilion's Demon-Subduing Pillar...hasn't been backfired and turned into a puppet?" Xiao Qingli wiped the blood from his lips: "The fishy smell of the Eastern Sea is getting more and more choking." Xi Yue chuckled and threw out a conch. A huge shadow emerged from the mouth of the screw, and the three people were drawn into the illusion—— On the blue sea, Bai Ruoyou came barefoot on the waves. Her long hair was like snow, and Xing Wen on her wrist resonated with Yun Che: "Che'er, do you know why Starfall Clan died?" The illusion suddenly changed. Yun Che saw the Eastern Sea of Three Hundred Years Ago: Starfall Clan Warship confronted Heavenly Emperor Dragon Boat, Bai Ruoyou knelt on the deck, holding a swaddled baby in his arms. Heavenly Emperor's Messenger threw down an edict, and golden flames instantly engulfed the fleet... "They used your life to exchange for Hundred Thousand Clansmen to survive for three days!" Bai Ruoyou's phantom suddenly approached, "Now, it's your turn to pay your debt!"
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