Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

The golden-faced figure brandished the dragon spear, uprooting the divine tree.

The tangled and terrifying tree roots were thus exposed to the starry sky, with a screaming head growing on each of the tendrils.

The screams of hundreds of heads echoed through the valley—the flesh and blood offered up by the withered ones!
This is also the reason why the withered ones are immortal; they have become part of the divine tree, and as long as these heads located at the roots of the divine tree exist, they will not die.

At that moment, as the dragon spear crashed down, heads exploded in droves, and the withered ones in the ruins died in agony.

Some withered ones struggled, some withered ones fled, some withered ones begged for mercy, and some withered ones felt relieved.

In the end, they all turned into nothingness.

The divine tree, however, suffered extremely terrible damage. The dragon spear pierced the tree hole and gouged out the eyeball. It smashed it to pieces, turning it into a pool of bloody mud.

Immediately, Faxiang dropped the dragon spear, grabbed the tree hole with both hands, and with a burst of strength, tore the tree apart amidst the tree's terrified screams. The strange flesh and fibers within the tree were destroyed and crushed.

Afterwards, Li Yelai dispelled his Dharma form, switched his mask, activated his Overlord Double Pupils, picked up the Crimson Gold Mace, drew the Golden Bone Sword, and began a more efficient form of slow slicing.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Yelai, covered in blood, finally broke through the core of the divine tree.

After tearing off one of the red gems, each about the size of an index finger, the divine tree remained silent.

Li Yelai glanced coldly at the red gem in his hand, sensing a powerful force emanating from it.

But even under the double pupils, such an extraordinary object had its weaknesses. Black lines appeared, and Li Yelai drew his sword and slashed. He shattered the remarkable red gemstone, only to find that the broken gemstone liquefied and quickly restored itself in an instant.

Seeing that it could not be destroyed, Li Yelai did not continue. Instead, he picked up the Crimson Gold Mace and released the Fire Bifang!

The enormous firebird took flight, circled in mid-air, and then swooped down, igniting everything in its path.

The remains of the sacred tree and the corpses of the withered were all burned by the raging fire.

This eliminated their last chance of resurrection.

The flames roared, illuminating the valley, but they couldn't dispel the gloom in Li Yelai's heart. He felt no satisfaction at avenging his great enemy; his hatred remained intense.

However, at that moment, Li Yelai heard the sound of soil rubbing together.

"More? Very well!" Li Yelai raised his dragon spear, his killing intent boiling. His flames of revenge had not been extinguished!

But when Li Yelai turned around, he saw three women with swollen bellies dragging each other out of the ruins; they were not the withered ones.

Instead, there were two human women and one angelic woman, their clothes tattered, their Achilles tendons severed, and the angelic woman's wings torn off. The two women's bodies were contorted in varying degrees.

They've become twisted.

They crawled out of houses deep in the village, their bodies covered in scratches from being rubbed against stones, yet they resolutely climbed towards the fire step by step.

Li Yelai's face was somewhat stiff. He knew who these guys were; they were victims captured by the village and used as breeding tools.

At this moment, one of the middle-aged human women spoke up: "Are you human?"

After a moment of silence, Li Yelai nodded slightly, his voice a little hoarse: "I am Ye Bu Shou, Ye Jiang, from the third border city."

"See? I told you, in the end, it would be our fellow humans who would come to our rescue," the woman laughed at the angel. "You creatures of the forbidden zone are truly incompetent."

"You've all become twisted, yet you still call humans your fellow human beings?" the female angel sneered, then plunged headlong into the flames, letting out a painful yet liberating laugh. She died in the fire.

Another woman spoke up: "Lord Ye Bu Shou, please don't worry. We've already dealt with those bloodlines that shouldn't have appeared. Thank you for leading away all the relatives. You've allowed us to see the sky again."

Immediately, she pulled out a bottle of medicine from her bosom; it was none other than the Jing family's special medicine that Li Yelai had lost.

She placed the medicine on the ground and then crawled into the fire with another woman.

Flames engulfed their bodies, yet they let out relieved laughter. They had suffered years of abuse here, their bodies twisted, yet they were still forced to become breeding tools for the village, even death a luxury. Now, Li Yelai's appearance had finally freed them.

"Thank you for attending our funeral."

"Finally, I can die."

Li Yelai watched all of this in silence.

Finally, he picked up the potion, collected all the psionic weapons, washed the blood off his body by the river, and headed towards the snowy mountains.

The flames continued to burn behind him, casting his shadow ever larger.

The revenge was over; he should go see his father. They still had much to say to each other.
Li Qiong felt very tired, cold, and in pain. He wanted to return to his family immediately, to his children and loved ones.

But she had no strength left and could only lean helplessly against the cold wall. In the end, she sank into endless darkness.

However, in that endless darkness, Li Qiong heard the vast sound of horns.

The sound of the horn awakened him from the darkness. As his vision gradually cleared, Li Qiong saw the cave illuminated by the oil lamp and the young man sitting opposite him.

The young man was also leaning against the wall, wearing thick winter clothes, with a faint smell of blood emanating from him. He was holding a black horn in his hand, and several psionic weapons and a broken backpack were placed beside him.

That is
Li Qiong wiped the ice shards off his face and looked at Li Yelai sitting opposite him with barely suppressed surprise.

From his perspective, all he saw was darkness before he saw his son.

No, it was his son many years later. Li Qiong could clearly see that Li Yelai was more mature than he remembered.

How many years has it been? Li Qiong wondered.

Li Yelai looked at Li Qiong, at the father he had hated for six years.

"Long time no see, Dad," Li Yelai murmured, forcing a smile.

"You," Li Qiong looked at Li Yelai for a few seconds, then gave a bitter smile: "How did you get here? What about those people? No, is your mother alright?"

As a psychic, Li Qiong assessed the situation with just a glance. He then immediately inquired about his wife's condition, which was his greatest concern.

“The authorities saved her, and she’s in the family apartment now, with Xiaoyan with her,” Li Yelai said. He had lied to Li Qiong because he didn’t want Li Qiong to feel guilty and in pain during her brief resurrection period.

Therefore, before using the horn, Li Yelai fabricated a lie.

My mother is still alive and doing well. The only regret is that her husband, Li Qiong, didn't come back.

He became a psionicist, joined the official government of Border City 3, and eventually found his father.

"I became a psionicist, joined the city's official government, became a night watchman, and discovered you during a mission."

Before Li Yelai could finish his rambling, Li Qiong burst into tears: "You brat, you still can't lie! If she were still alive, you wouldn't have resurrected me now!"

Yes, if my mother were still alive.

Li Yelai would inevitably bring his father's body back to the giant city, allowing the two to reunite, even if only for a short time. Therefore, his lie was exposed from the very beginning.

Li Yelai's carefully maintained expression crumbled at this moment, and a deep sadness welled up in his heart. He covered his forehead to stop his tears from falling.

Li Qiong said painfully, "Your mother has always been stubborn, always has been."

“In her final moments, she was thinking of you. She told us that you would definitely come back,” Li Yelai sobbed. “But Xiaoyan and I thought you had abandoned us, and we hated you for many years, six years.”

"You should hate me. It's true that I didn't go back, and I didn't save her."

He picked up the white fruit in his left hand, tears streaming down his handsome face: "I promised her I would go back, but I broke my promise. She was so foolish. If she had just sent a message to the Jing family, they would have definitely come to save her, they definitely would. But she was too foolish, she refused to ask her family for help until the very end."

"The Jing family?" Li Yelai sniffed and asked, "The Yaoqing Jing family?"

Li Yelai's first reaction was not that his mother actually came from a family with spiritual powers.

Instead, he regretted not knowing this information sooner, thinking that he might have been able to deceive his father.

“Yes, she comes from a family of spiritualists,” Li Qiong replied. “I met her by chance back then from the Jing family in that magnificent city of Yaoqing in the north. She was so dazzling and charming. But because of the Jing family’s messy affairs, she was about to be sent to the forbidden zone, so I took down more than a dozen members of the Jing family and took her far away, arriving at Border City No. 3. If she had asked the Jing family for help, she would definitely have survived. But in the end, she didn’t want the Jing family to find her. It was also to protect you.”

Was Li Qiong's boast from back then actually true? He really did wipe out his wife's family and elope with his mother. "You've had contact with the Jing family?" Li Qiong asked. "Have their influence spread to Border City Number Three?"

“Yes, I have a pretty good relationship with someone from the Jing family,” Li Yelai replied.

"I see. You must protect your sister. There are bad people in the Jing family," Li Qiong warned. "They've always wanted to use women with Jing family blood to give birth to their so-called divine child. Your mother was the best candidate back then."

Divine Child, a woman from the Jing family, a forbidden zone.
Li Yelai nodded silently.

"How is your sister?" Li Qiong asked, wiping away her tears.

“She was cursed when she was eighteen, and she can no longer communicate normally with outsiders.” Li Yelai did not hide anything; he had nothing to hide from his father.

He told Li Qiong everything about Li Yunyan's curse, his own curse of misfortune, and the powerful mask.

As for Mr. Ying's existence, there was no need for his father to worry about him at this time. Li Yelai only mentioned it briefly and did not go into details.

"So you've become psionicists after all. Well, your mother and I are both psionicists, so the probability of you siblings becoming psionicists is too high. If I had known this would happen, I should have left some material things behind. Sigh, both Xiaolian and I hope you can live as ordinary people and not have to suffer too much."

"Mr. Shadow has a problem, a very big problem. This mask's ability is too overpowered. Avoid trading if possible. Even if you must trade, you must leave one last chance."

"You actually joined the champion team of Border City No. 3? I even ran into your seventh champion back in the day! Good grief, if I hadn't been stealing from the Church of Embers, she probably would have killed me too. You really have no respect for your elders!"

"My only consolation is that you've joined the official ranks of Border City No. 3. Old Mad King is a big shot; with him around, the Jing family wouldn't dare do anything. The psychic families are masters at playing both sides."

Then, Li Qiong revealed his secret.

He is a wild psionicist, a six-sense psionicist of the Omnidirectional Path, and belongs to an organization called 'Wilderness Rangers'.

This organization is not particularly strong, but its intelligence network is indeed very powerful.

With the help of a powerful intelligence network, Li Qiong was able to rapidly become stronger.

During one of Li Qiong's four awakenings, he met Jing Lian, who is Li Yelai's mother.

The two fell in love and eloped, after which he left the organization and settled in Border City No. 3.

Jinglian also changed her name to Jin Cuihua. The two had children and lived a simple but happy life.

However, years later, Jinglian contracted a strange illness of unknown cause, which even extraordinary medicines could not cure.

Back then, the reigning champion team launched an expedition, drawing the attention of every penalty area.

At that time, Li Qiong also learned from the 'Wilderness Ranger' that there was a Sacred White Spirit Fruit in the Heavenly Kingdom that was about to be sent into the core depths.

The Holy White Spirit Fruit is said to be a fruit that a certain extraordinary fruit tree can only bear once every few hundred years.

It can cure all diseases, even suppress curses, and prolong life.

This should have been a secret of the restricted area, because of the Old Mad King, the restricted area guarded this kind of life form very strictly.

Yet it was still known to the 'Wilderness Ranger'. This shows how powerful the Ranger's intelligence network is.

Upon receiving the news, Li Qiong immediately took action. He invited several friends from within the organization to venture deep into the restricted area.

The plan went smoothly; he killed several four-winged angels and even fought against a six-winged angel.

They successfully stole the fruit, but while escaping the snowy mountains of the restricted area, they encountered infighting among their teammates.

He already knew those wandering knights were up to no good and had left the battlefield. But then he stumbled upon that village.
Under the siege of two beings with withered six senses and several beings with withered five senses.

In the end, he could only collapse in this cave.

What a cruel twist of fate! He had slain angels and challenged tyrants, yet he died in this corner, leaving his waiting wife to die in regret.

"Just one step away, just one step away. That village, that tree... are they still alive?" Li Qiong asked. He hated them so much that if he could, he would kill those beasts with his own hands.

“Killed them all,” Li Yelai replied, taking out a red gemstone.

"As expected of my son, you have a strong ability to portray characters, but you still need to be careful of that Mr. Shadow. Just from his name, he doesn't seem like a good person." Li Qiong laughed, "Is He angry now that I'm making fun of Him?"

Well, actually, the name Mr. Ying was given to me by Li Ye.

Mr. Shadow did not respond, seemingly ignoring Li Qiong's wariness of him.

Li Qiong paused for a moment after seeing the red gem, then sighed, "It's the Philosopher's Stone."

"what is that?"

“A bargaining chip crafted using evil rituals,” Li Qiong explained. “Using forbidden objects or high-level psionic weapons can lead to distortion.”

Li Yelai nodded; he naturally understood this.

The Black Gold Dragon Pattern Spear was of a very high level, and Li Yelai dared not use its power for fear that it would be distorted.

“The Philosopher’s Stone can bear the cost for its user,” Li Qiong said. “What cost do I need to pay to revive you?”

“I have an urge to piece together body parts, but I don’t have any urge right now,” Li Yelai responded.

"This is the effect of the Philosopher's Stone. It paid a price for you; with it, you can activate forbidden objects without considering the cost. It's an extremely rare forbidden creation," Li Qiong said. "That tree was actually the ritual used to create the Philosopher's Stone. It's truly infuriating... to have been ruined by this thing."

Li Qiong and Li Ye talked a lot.

He knew his time was running out and wanted to spend as much time as possible with his son.

The only regret is that his daughter, Li Yunyan, is not by his side.

He didn't consider himself a good father, but now that he's dead, he at least wants to provide some help to Li Yelai and his children.

He had Li Yelai write down all the potion recipes he knew, and also told Li Yelai how to contact the Wilderness Ranger.

As the sun rose, the entire snow-capped mountain was bathed in golden light, and the area outside the cave was also brightly lit.

Li Qiong's body also began to shatter; his fingers broke off and fell to the ground, turning into powder.

He looked at Li Yelai in front of him and sighed, "I can't help you any more. Live well and take good care of your sister."

He thought for a moment, and still said with some reluctance, "You shouldn't have resurrected me so early. It would have been so much better if you had a wife and children, and then the whole family resurrected me. I also want to hold my grandchildren."

"Never mind, Xiaolian has been waiting for me for a long time. I also want to see her. Bury me with her." As Li Qiong spoke, the cracks on his body became even more numerous.

His time is almost up.
However, a surge of spiritual energy emanating from the void caused Li Qiong and Li Yelai's expressions to change.

"Fellow countryman, I've come to take you away." The voice echoed in the virtual realm, growing ever closer.

That unsettling intent to kill surged forth.

Li Qiong suddenly stood up and looked towards the cave entrance: "Damn it, the Chosen Ones of Chaos! And there's more than one!"

Li Yelai said, "Indeed, it should be the Blood God who came to find me."

"Damn it, your champion team is not only brainless, but also easily attracts the Blood God!" Li Qiong clicked his tongue, his expression grave: "I'm going to..."

“No need, Dad,” Li Yelai replied. “Leave it to me. I am also a Chosen One of Chaos. They won’t harm me.”

"Are you really the Chosen One of Chaos?" Li Qiong looked at Li Yelai, and after a few seconds, he stepped forward and patted Li Yelai on the back of the head, laughing, "That's right, you've grown up. Since that's the case..."

"Goodbye."

Li Qiong stopped resisting, and the cracks on his body began to spread rapidly.

"Goodbye."

Li Yelai bid him a soft farewell, and Li Qiong turned to dust before his eyes. (End of Chapter)