Battle Through the Heavens: I Am the Righteous Path

Under the night sky, Hun Yan sat on a bench in the yard of his home, looking up at the stars twinkling in the night sky. He seemed to be attracted by the beautiful scenery and gradually lost his mind.

"What are you doing? Are you here alone looking at the night sky without me?"

A familiar voice brought Hun Yan back to his senses, and when he turned around he saw his wife Hun Ying standing beside him.

Time flies by. Thirty years have passed since Hun Yan and Hun Ying got married, but it seems like it just happened yesterday. Hun Yan no longer has the excitement he had during his honeymoon period with Hun Ying. Instead, he feels familiar with Hun Ying being by his side.

Hun Ying sat next to Hun Yan, leaning against him imperceptibly, with a smile on his face but a hint of worry in his eyes.

"Hun Yan, what's wrong with you? I feel like you've been absent-minded lately."

"Ah, nothing." Hun Yan was slightly startled, his expression gloomy, "I just suddenly felt like I forgot a lot of very important things."

After hearing this, Hun Ying raised her eyebrows slightly, her expression was sudden, and she did not say anything. She just leaned her body completely on Hun Yan, slowly closed her eyes, and quietly accompanied her husband in the night. Hun Yan also silently enjoyed his wife's company.

After an unknown amount of time, Hunying slowly asked.

"Hun Yan, let me ask you a question."

"Ok?"

Hun Yan glanced sideways at Hun Ying who was leaning on his shoulder, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"what?"

Hun Ying opened his eyes slightly, his scarlet eyes revealed hesitation and a little fear, and after a long time, he slowly closed his eyes again.

"nothing."

Hunying was afraid to know the answer to her question, and she already knew the answer to this question.

So she gave up asking and gave up the last bit of hope in her heart.

Hun Ying lightly touched his red lips, leaned closer, and left a kiss on Hun Yan's lips.

Just this life is enough.

A happy smile spread across Hun Ying's face, and he then stood up and looked at Hun Yan.

"By the way, I got something good from my father today. He specifically asked me to give it to you."

"what?"

Hun Yan looked at his wife, who did not answer. She spread her palm towards Hun Yan, and a cluster of black flames appeared in Hun Ying's palm. Hun Yan was also suddenly stunned.

Isn’t this the Void Devouring Flame possessed by the clan leader Hun Wuyun?

"This is the fire that my father separated. You have become strong enough recently, so he asked me to bring it to you." Hun Ying stuffed the fire of nothingness swallowing flame in his hand to Xiao Yan, "Don't think about the messy things for now, just absorb this first."

"Ah."

Hun Yan nodded slightly, holding the Void Swallowing Flame, he stood up and walked to the tree in the yard, sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes and began to absorb it.

Seeing Hun Yan in a trance, Hun Ying slowly stood up, walked to Hun Yan, knelt down on her knees, stared at Hun Yan's pretty face, and slowly stretched out her jade hand, wanting to gently touch the profile of her lover.

However, just when he was about to touch it, Hun Ying's hand trembled slightly, and then he slowly withdrew his hand, looking at the white jade palm, his eyes were dazed, as if he saw all the blood on his hand, and he sniffed lightly, and faintly smelled the extremely strong smell of blood that could not be wiped off.

Hun Ying frowned slightly, with deep sadness in his eyes. He shifted his gaze and looked at Hun Yan's face again.

(How great it would be if I could have met you a thousand years ago)

Hun Ying murmured in his heart, and then his scarlet eyes revealed determination. He slowly stood up, without hesitation, without wavering, without lingering, and turned around and slowly walked away from Hun Yan.

Every time Hun Ying took a step forward, the surrounding scenery would dissipate a little. When he was completely away from Hun Yan, the yard, the night sky, the bench, and everything else turned into nothingness. Even the heaven and earth disappeared, and only the chaotic space remained. Hun Yan, who was in meditation under the tree and absorbing the fire of the Void Swallowing Flame, was indeed unaware of this.

No, it should be Xiao Yan.

"It seems that you have already got the answer you wanted."

At this time, an old voice was heard, and then the ancient Bodhi tree walked out from the void beside Hunying with its hands behind its back, and slowly came in front of Hunying.

"He has many reincarnations left. Is he going to leave now?"

The ancient Bodhi tree asked slowly, and after Hunying heard it, a soft smile appeared on his face, with the corners of his mouth revealing a warm smile.

"We are already very satisfied with this life, and we won't ask for more." Hun Ying's temperament suddenly changed, as if he had returned to the Yun Ying who looked down on all living things in the world. He glanced at the ancient Bodhi tree and said, "After he has absorbed the seed fire, let him enter the next reincarnation. He still has a lot to go through."

"Of course, I will never appear in his reincarnation again."

Yunying's words were so decisive that the ancient Bodhi tree narrowed its eyes slightly.

"Then his memories of these past lives."

"Erase it. We shouldn't have appeared in his world in the first place."

Yunying said this without any hesitation or attachment. The ancient Bodhi tree was silent for a moment, and finally responded slowly.

"Since this is your choice, I will naturally obey."

Then, under the guidance of the ancient Bodhi tree, Yunying slowly left this chaotic space. Until the last moment before leaving, Yunying did not look back at Xiao Yan.

Opening her eyes again, Yunying returned to the scene where time was paused by the ancient Bodhi tree. She glanced at the soul frozen in the distance, and then glanced at Zhong Meng and Liu Di who were frozen chanting fighting skills below. Finally, she turned her gaze back to the ancient Bodhi tree in front of her and chuckled.

"We have made our choice. What about you? Are you still planning to destroy this world?"

After hearing this, the ancient Bodhi tree shook its head slightly.

"My choice is based on your choice. Since you have made that choice, I will naturally give up."

As they were talking, the surrounding scenery changed again. This time, it was no longer the conflicting scenes as before. Instead, it presented different people living in different environments, getting along harmoniously and happily. The ancient Bodhi tree put its hands behind its back, looked at the scenes in front of it, and spoke slowly.

"Over the past thousand years, I have been truly desperate for humans. I have been so desperate that I want to completely eliminate them."

"But I also know in my heart that even among such desperate humans, there are still countless happiness and beauty. If I become desperate about humans because of those evils and thus implicate these happy and beautiful people, it would be too unfair to them."

"Therefore, I want to try it one last time, hoping to find reasons in Xiao Yan and you to stop me from doing this."

As it spoke, the ancient Bodhi tree looked towards Zhong Meng and Liu Di below and smiled slightly.

"And even in such a hopeless world, I met them, got to know them, and shared beautiful memories with them. I once thought that my self-awareness might have been born just to get to know them."

"Thinking about it this way, the world is bad, but not that bad."

“If this world is destroyed like this, then the world they once knew will no longer exist.” As if remembering her bad past and her acquaintance with Xiao Yan, Yun Ying’s eyes flashed with recognition, and then she raised her eyebrows slightly and asked.

"After that, what about you?"

"I am a spiritual being born between heaven and earth. It is not my duty to have my own consciousness. After that, I am just returning to my original state."

The ancient Bodhi tree slowly raised its hand, and the time that was frozen in this space began to flow slowly. The ancient Bodhi tree also said the last words to Yunying.

"I will leave you some things later. You will need them in the future."

As soon as the words fell, time resumed, and Zhong Meng and Liu Di finally finished chanting their fighting skills, and both of them suddenly opened their eyes.

"Eternal Tribulation Soul: Heavenly Might Falls!"

At that moment, pressure that did not belong to the continent at all gathered from all directions and turned into a silver moon giant about a hundred feet tall. Holding a thousand-foot giant blade in his hand, he suddenly chopped down at the ancient Bodhi tree that had no intention of dodging.

Looking at the giant silver blade that was getting closer and closer, the ancient Bodhi tree slowly closed its eyes, and memories began to surge. It seemed that the scene thousands of years ago when Zhong Meng and Liu Di and their human self sat under the tree drinking, chatting and talking appeared before his eyes.

Even after thousands of years, the ancient Bodhi tree still cannot forget that wonderful time. The corners of its mouth seem to slightly rise as it recalls this beautiful time.

"The couple, with their remaining souls, joined forces to defeat the demon who wanted to destroy the world. In the end, they died together with the demon, bringing peace to the world."

"This story is also a good one."

The next moment, when the silver giant blade hit the ancient Bodhi tree, this space collapsed in an instant, and everything turned into nothingness.
Bang!
Outside the ancient Bodhi tree, Yun Ling shook his arms violently, and repelled Cai Lin and others who were besieging him for the umpteenth time. His eyes also slowly changed from interest at the beginning to boredom.

"I gave you so many chances, but in the end it was of no use."

Yun Ling's face was full of impatience. If Cai Lin and the others were all late-stage four-star Douluo, perhaps they would have a chance of defeating her. However, among these people, there was not even one late-stage four-star Douluo.

Sure enough, if the difference in strength is just a little bit bigger, there will be really no suspense at all.

"Forget it. I'm not interested anymore."

Yun Ling raised her hand, and the flame in her palm rose up. She looked coldly at the four people below whose expressions changed drastically. They all felt the shocking murderous intent from Yun Ling.

If Yun Ling was just playing with them before, now Yun Ling is serious!

"Well, since you've wasted my time, I'll pay with your lives."

puff!

"Ok?"

Yun Ling's words came to an abrupt end. She turned her head slightly to look at her raised arm and found that it had collapsed. The entire arm turned into ashes and slowly fell.

As if it was a chain reaction caused by the collapse of the arm, all parts of Yun Ling's body began to gradually dissipate, making Yun Ling immediately understand one thing.

This body can no longer bear my own strength.

"Tsk, you are such a waste." Yun Ling twitched her lips and glanced at the four people coldly, "You are lucky this time. If we meet again next time, you won't be so lucky."

Then, under the stunned gazes of Cai Lin and others, Yun Ling's body disappeared faster and faster, and finally completely turned into a pile of black ashes, which were blown by the breeze and scattered across the wasteland, until the last wisp of heart-pounding black flame was extinguished, and everything returned to calm.

After Yun Ling disappeared for a long time, Cai Lin and the others came to their senses and looked at each other.

That guy self-destructed?
However, they soon realized that the person they were fighting with was just another person in the body of Hun Ye. It was probably that Hun Ye's body could not withstand the opponent's strength, which led to this result similar to self-destruction.

In any case, the current crisis should have been resolved. Cai Lin took back the wounded Nine-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python, and Ancestor Huoyun also looked at Lei Dong as soon as possible.

"Thank you for your help, sir."

Patriarch Huoyun stopped talking abruptly when he realized that Lei Dong had disappeared at some point, and it was obvious that he had no intention of staying any longer.

"He walked so fast. Who is that person?"

Cai Lin put one hand on his waist and frowned in confusion, while Patriarch Huoyun slowly came back to his senses.

"I guess the other party doesn't want to reveal his identity. There's no need to delve into it." Ancestor Huoyun turned his gaze to Cai Lin and said, "Compared to that person's identity, there are more important things right now, right?"

"Xiao Yan!"

Cai Lin suddenly came back to his senses and immediately turned around and rushed towards the barrier. Fenghuang and Ancestor Huoyun also followed, ready to work together to break the barrier.

However, when the three of them arrived in front of the barrier and were about to take action, the barrier suddenly collapsed, and a towering tree appeared in front of everyone. The majestic aura revealed by the tree made Cai Lin and others immediately understand that this was the target of their trip, the legendary ancient Bodhi tree!

When they saw that there was no one in the barrier, Cai Lin and the others were stunned. From the previous performance of the Soul Palaces, they had guessed that there was an important person inside. Could it be that they guessed wrong?

At this moment, Yao Chen and others flashed here with Xiao Yan's body. Cai Lin immediately put aside the doubts in her mind and turned to look at Yao Chen.

"How is Xiao Yan?"

Yao Chen did not respond. His ruby ​​eyes narrowed slightly. He saw the virtual soul line connecting Xiao Yan's chest in Ziyun's arms to the center of the ancient Bodhi tree. He immediately had a guess in his mind and said to Ziyun.

"Ziyun, put Xiao Yan next to the ancient tree."

"Ah."

Zi Yun nodded, carried Xiao Yan to the ancient Bodhi tree, and let Xiao Yan sit down with his back against the tree.

The next moment, the trunk of the ancient Bodhi tree suddenly tore open, and stretched out its soft trunk to wrap around Xiao Yan's body and pull him in. Cai Lin was shocked when he saw this, and was about to step forward to stop it, but was stopped by Yao Chen who raised his hand.

"Don't panic, Xiao Yan is no longer in danger. This should be the opportunity of the Ancient Bodhi Tree. After that, we just need to wait for Xiao Yan to wake up."

Cai Lin felt relieved after hearing Yao Chen say this, but Yao Chen's brows did not relax and were still furrowed.

Xiao Yan’s soul was found, but where did the Skyfire go?
"Haa~~~"

Ok? ? ?
The sudden yawn made everyone startled. They all looked at each other, but no one was yawning.

Then everyone followed the sound of yawning and went behind the tree trunk, where they saw Yao Tianhuo leaning against the trunk, scratching his fiery red hair with sleepiness in his eyes. He looked at the people who gathered around him with sleepy eyes and raised his eyebrows in confusion. The scene fell silent for a moment.

After a long time, Yao Tianhuo suddenly waved his hand.

"Um, good morning?"

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Everyone was speechless, and Yao Chen smiled helplessly.

Regardless of what happened, looking at Yao Tianhuo's appearance, nothing should have happened. (End of this chapter)